Irma Inashvili (born 6 July 1970) is a Georgian politician and journalist. She has been a member 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 ...

from 2016 to 2020, representing the

Alliance of Patriots of Georgia Alliance of Patriots of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი, tr, APG) is a right-wing to far-right political party in Georgia. It was founded in 2012 by leaders from the Resistance Mo ...

. She is former deputy chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia. She has also been the general secretary of the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia since 2014. Inashvili attended high school in

Borjomi Borjomi ( ka, ბორჯომი ) is a resort town in south-central Georgia with a population of 11,173 (as of 2024). Located 165 km from Tbilisi, it is one of the six municipalities of the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and is situated in the ...

before studying journalism at

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

. She was a correspondent on the ground during the

Abkhaz–Georgian conflict The Abkhazia conflict is a territorial dispute over Abkhazia, a region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The conflict involves Georgia, the Russian Federation a ...

. In 2005, she co-founded the Objective Media Union, an opposition media outlet. OMU both recorded television programs and published newspapers; it was blocked from holding a broadcasting license and forced to distribute programs online from 2006 to 2009, but later regained its broadcast license. Inashvili served as both editor (2010-2015) and program director (2010-2014) of the organisation. Inashvili became involved in the Resistance Movement against President

Mikhail Saakashvili Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase ''mī kāʼēl'', 'Who slike-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (''Mīkhāʼēl'' ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who slike he Hebrew Go ...

in 2010, and was involved in breaking stories about the abuse of prisoners under the Saakashvili government. She later left the Objective Media Union to enter politics, co-founding the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia and from 2014 serving as its general secretary. She was elected to the Parliament of Georgia at the 2016 parliamentary election, and serves as deputy chairperson of parliament and a member of the Human Rights And Civil Integration Committee and State Constitutional Commission.

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