Shalva Papuashvili Explained

Shalva Papuashvili
Native Name Lang:	ge
Order:	Speaker of the Georgian Parliament
Term Start:	29 December 2021
Predecessor:	Kakha Kuchava
Order1:	Member of Parliament of Georgia
Term Start1:	11 December 2020
Birth Date:	1976 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Party:	Georgian Dream
Signature:	Papuashvili signature (vect).svg

Shalva Papuashvili (Georgian: შალვა პაპუაშვილი; born 26 January 1976) is a Georgian politician who has served as a member of the Georgian parliament since 2020^[1] and as Speaker of Parliament since 29 December 2021.^[2]

In May 2024, during Protests in Georgia protesters were joined by the foreign ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania, who arrived to Georgia to hold meetings with President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and others.^[3] Papuashvili condenmed it as an "unfriendly act".^[4]

Biography

• Assistant to the Member of the Parliament of Georgia (1996–1998)
• Saarland University, Master's Student (LL.M.) (1998–1999)
• Law Firm “Heimes&Muller”, Assistant to the Lawyer (2000–2001)
• Saarland University, Doctoral Student (Dr. iur.) (2000–2002)
• GIZ, Senior Legal Expert (2003–2007)
• Civil Council for Defense and Security, Expert for Human Rights (2005–2006)
• GIZ, Head of Group (2007–2015)
• Caucasus University, School of Law, Associate Professor (2012–2015)
• Ilia State University, School of Law, Associate Professor (2015 –)
• GIZ, Deputy Program Manager (2015–2017)
• GIZ, Head of Georgia Team (2017–2020)

External links

• Parliament of Georgia

Notes and References

1. Web site: ცენტრალურმა საარჩევნო კომისიამ საქართველოს პარლამენტის 2020 წლის 31 ოქტომბრის არჩევნები შეაჯამა . ცესკო . 2020-12-03 . 18 December 2020.
2. Web site: Papuashvili Elected as New Parliament Speaker . Civil Georgia . 2021-12-29 . 31 December 2021.
3. News: Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania arrive at Rustaveli Avenue. 14 May 2024. Interpressnews. 15 May 2024. live. 17 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240517032428/https://www.facebook.com/plugins/share_button.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interpressnews.ge%2Fen%2Farticle%2F131577-ministers-of-foreign-affairs-of-estonia-iceland-and-lithuania-address-protesters-in-front-of-parliament%2F&layout=button_count&size=large&width=88&height=28&locale=en_US&appId=250016278990597.
4. News: Parliament Speaker: foreign politicians joining "radical anti-Government rallies" against foreign influence law "unfriendly acts against Georgian people". 14 May 2024. Agenda.ge. 15 May 2024. 17 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240517032411/https://agenda.ge/en/news/2024/39152#gsc.tab=0#gsc.tab=0. live.