He has received his higher education in Georgia and Germany.
In 1998, he graduated from the Faculty of International Law and International Relations of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, majoring in international law.
From 1998 to 2002, he studied at Saarland University (Germany) on a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), where he was awarded the Master of Laws degree in 1999 and the Doctor of Law degree in 2002.
On December 29, 2021, he was elected as a Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.
On 31 October 2020, Shalva Papuashvili was elected a member of the tenth convocation of the Parliament of Georgia by the party list of the „Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia“ party.
On 15 December 2020, he was elected the first deputy chairman of the Education, Science, and Culture Committee;
on 31 March 2021, he was elected chairman of the Education and Science Committee.
He is a member of the „Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia“ faction.
He has served as a member of the Political Council of the „Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia“ party since 16 January 2021, and as the party’s secretary of public relations since 27 March 2021.
In 2003-2007, Shalva Papuashvili was a law expert at German Technical Cooperation (GTZ).
In 2007-2017, he headed various areas of the Law Program of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) in the South Caucasus.
In 2017-2020, he served as the head of the Georgian Team of the Law Program.
Since 2012, he has given lectures at various universities. He is an associate professor at Ilia State University.
Shalva Papuashvili has authored various works in the field of law, including the following:
Collection of Cases on the General Part of the Civil Code (co-author);
Giorgi Volski The First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament
Giorgi Volski was born on January 18, 1957 in the city of Tbilisi. In 1978, he graduated from Tbilisi State University, Economic Faculty.
In 1978-1990 he worked in the Information-Computing Center of the Ministry of Trade of Georgia on the position of an engineer and in the Central Staff of the Ministry on the position of the senior economist; as well as in the Regional, City and Central Party Organizations as the instructor. In 1990-1991 he participated in the establishment of the Independent Trade Union of Georgia and worked in the organization on the position of the Head of the Steering Department. In 1991-2004 Mr. Volski worked on the position of the Deputy-Representative of the Government of Georgia to Russian Federation; on the position of the Deputy-Chief of the International Relations Department of the Cabinet of Ministers of Georgia, on the position of the Senior Advisor to the Resident Representative of Georgia to the UN, on the position of the Head of the UN Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia; as well as on the position of the Deputy Resident Representative of Georgia to the UN and on the position of the Assistant to the Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia on Top Priority Issues. In 2004-2006 G. Volski was the Deputy-State Minister of Conflict Resolution of Georgia and the Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. In 2007-2011 he was the participant of the projects of international NGOs and the UNDP Georgia Office. In 2012-2016 he was the Member of the Parliament, the Chair of the Faction “Georgian Dream”, the Member of the EU Integration and Foreign Relations Committees, the Chair of the Interim Commission on Territorial Integrity of Georgia, the Member of the Parliamentary Delegations to the EU, OSCE, EaP and NATO. Within the period of November 18, 2016-November 26, 2019 he was the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament; Member of the Foreign Relations Committee; Head of Georgia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group; Head of Georgia-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group; Member of the Parliamentary Delegation to IPU in the main composition; and the member of the Parliamentary Delegation to OSCE PA in the reserve composition; Within the period of June 24, 2019-November 25, 2019 he was the Leader of the Parliamentary Majority. He is granted with the Highest Diplomatic Rank of the Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Giorgi Volski is married and has two children.
Working experience
November 26, 2019 – up-today – Member of the Parliament of Georgia, First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia;
Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia; Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia; Member of the Foreign Relations Committee; Head of Georgia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group; Head of Georgia-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group; Member of the Parliamentary Delegation to IPU in main composition; Member of the Parliamentary Delegation to OSCE PA in the reserve composition; (18.11.2016-26.11.2019)
Leader of the Parliamentary Majority (24.06.2019 -25.11.2019)
Member of the Parliament, Chair of the Faction “Georgian Dream”; Member of the EU Integration and the Foreign Relations Committees; Chair of the Interim Commission on Restoration of Territorial Integrity of Georgia; member of the Parliamentary Delegations to the EU, OSCE, EaP and NATO PA (2012-2016)
Participant of the Projects of International NGOs (2007-2011)
2006-2007 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ambassador at Large
2004-2006 State Ministry of Georgia on Conflict Resolution Issues, Deputy Minister
2003-2004 Office of the National Security Council of Georgia, Council on Top Priority Issues, Assistant to the Secretary
1993-2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Advisor to the Resident Representative of Georgia to UN, Head of the UN Department of the Central Staff of the Ministry, Deputy Resident Representative of Georgia to UN
1993 Cabinet of the Ministers of the Republic of Georgia, Department for Foreign Relations, Deputy Head
1991-1993 Resident Representative Office of the Republic of Georgia to the Russian Federation, Deputy Representative
1991 Unified State Fund of Employment of Georgia, Department, Head
1990-1991 Trade Union of Georgia, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Georgia, Organizational Department, Head
1984-1990 Regional, District and Central Party Organizations of Georgia, Instructor
1979-1984 Ministry of Trade of Georgia, Central Office, Senior Economist
1978-1979 Ministry of Trade of Georgia, Information-Calculation Centre
Education
1974 -1978 Tbilisi State University. Major: Commodity and industrial production trade organization