Shalva Papuashvili

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

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. Papuashvili condenmed it as an "unfriendly act".

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)