Archil Talakvadze ( ka, არჩილ თალაკვაძე; born 16 January 1983) is a Georgian politician, who served as a Speaker of the

Parliament of Georgia The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members elected through fully pr ...

during 9th and 10th convocations since 25 June 2019. He was a leader of the

Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi, is a Conservatism, conservative and populism, populist List of political parties in Georgia (country), political party in Georgia (country), Georgia, which has ...

parliamentary majority from 2016 to 2019.

Early life

He graduated from the Public School N1 of

Ozurgeti Ozurgeti ( ka, ოზურგეთი ) is the capital of the western Georgia (country), Georgian province of Guria. It was formerly known as Macharadze or Makharadze (named in honor of Filipp Makharadze). It is a regional center of tea and haze ...

- the school which has a 180 years of history and is one of the oldest in Georgia. In 2006 he graduated from

Tbilisi State Medical University Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU) ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამედიცინო უნივერსიტეტი (თსსუ), tr) is a leading medical university in Tbilisi, Georgia. M ...

, specializing in public health and management, after then he continued studying at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. In 2015 he passed exam of the

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with the Executive Management Program.

Career

Talakvadze, at various times occupied the following positions: 2007 – 2010 he served as a Senior Advisor to the Public Defender of Georgia taking an active part in monitoring the state of Human Rights Protection in Georgia. He was a co-author of various Human Rights reports issued by the Ombudsman, including the one documenting severe Human Rights violations committed by the Russian troops while invading Georgia in 2008; 2011 – 2012 Mr. Talakvadze worked as a Deputy Director of USAID Good Governance in Georgia program promoting political reforms, civil society development and independent media; He served as a Deputy Minister of Justice responsible for Penitentiary Healthcare in 2012 – 2014, where under his direct leadership, successful reforms had been implemented. The prison health reforms conducted by Georgia during 2012-2014 received high credit form the Council of Europe and became a showcase; In 2014 Archil Talakvadze was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia taking an active part in the reforms implemented under the EU Association Agreement. In 2016 Archil Talakvadze took part in the Parliamentary elections and was elected by the majority vote from his home town - Ozurgeti. He served as a majority leader in the Parliament under the Georgian Dream political party and as a Speaker of the Parliament during 2016-2020. Mr. Talakvadze was elected to the Parliament in 2020 once again and he was re-elected as a Speaker of the Parliament too. Talakvadze endorsed Kakha Kaladze in the 2017 municipal elections and served as a campaign manager for his race for Mayor of Tbilisi.

Personal life

He has a wife – Ketevan Bubuteishvili and two children.

References

External links

Official web-page of the Parliament of Georgia

Georgian Biographical Dictionary
Speakers of the Parliament of Georgia Georgian Dream politicians Living people 1983 births People from Ozurgeti {{Georgia-politician-stub