Archil Talakvadze ( ka, არჩილ თალაკვაძე; born 16 January 1983) is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

politician, who is Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia since 25 June 2019. He was the leader of the

Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ( ka, ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, ''Kartuli ocneba – Demok’rat’iuli Sakartvelo'') is a social democratic political ...

parliamentary majority from 2016 to 2019.

Early life

He studied at the first school of

Ozurgeti Ozurgeti ( ka, ოზურგეთი ) is the capital of the western 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 hazelnut processing. Oz ...

. In 2006 he graduated from

Tbilisi State Medical University , , type = Public , endowment = , administrative_staff = 411 , president = , provost = , principal = , rector = Prof. Zurab Vadachkoria , chancellor = , vice_chancellor = , dean = , head_label = , head = , students = , undergrad =7500 , postg ...

, specializing in public health and management, after then he continued studying at the

Georgian Institute of Public Affairs Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) **Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group **Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scripts ...

. In 2015 he passed exam of the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

with the Executive Management Program.

Career

Talakvadze, at various times occupied the following positions: 2006 – 2007 he was the USAID- Project Coordinator; 2007 – 2008 Project Manager of the Public Defender Office; Advisor of the Public Defender's Office in 2008 – 2009 ; In 2010, the Public Defender's Office Advisor on Management Issues; 2011 – 2012 G3, USAID, Deputy Director; Deputy Minister of Penitentiary in 2012 – 2014 ; 2014 – 2016 Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia. In 2016, the member of the "Georgian Dream" party Archil Talakvadze was elected by the majority vote in the Ozurgeti parliament. During the 2012 and 2016 elections Talakvadze played two different positions in the government – Deputy Minister of Penitentiary and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Speaker of Parliament of Georgia Manana Kobakhidze worked on constitutional reform and amendments (2018) aimed at changing the model of governance and strengthening institutional democracy. Talakvadze was the initiator of the new road safety legislation, resulting in a 14% reduction in road accidents and casualties within a year. Talakvadze led the parliamentary majority initiatives on poverty reduction, tax reform, environmental protection and emissions control. Talakvadze served as election campaign manager for Kakha Kaladze in Tbilisi Mayor's election in 2017.

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