Ruling party MP Papuashvili elected Georgian Parliament Speaker

Papuashvili was Chairman of the Education, Science and Culture Committee prior to his election to the speaker's position. Photo: Georgian parliament. 

Agenda.ge, 29 Dec 2021 - 14:33, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Georgian parliament has elected Shalva Papuashvili, 45, to be the new speaker of the state legislature, replacing Kakha Kuchava in the post earlier today.

A total of 88 MPs voted in favour of Papuashvil’s appointment, including opposition deputies from Citizens, Girchi and European Socialists, while one MP voted against out of the 150-member parliament. 

Papuashvili stated that he will be ‘guarantor of the involvement and participation of the opposition elected by the people,’ noting that the parliament is an institution where the ‘power of the people is most expressed.’