Manana Kobakhidze ( ka, მანანა კობახიძე) (born February 3, 1968) 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 ...

lawyer and politician. She served as 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; of these, 120 are proportio ...

from 2012 to 2017 and as First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia from 2012 to 2016. Since 2017, she has served as the Judge of the

Constitutional Court of Georgia The Constitutional Court of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს საკონსტიტუციო სასამართლო, tr) is the constitutional court of Georgia, the country's judicial body of constitutional review, h ...

Biography

Manana Kobakhidze graduated from the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

with a degree in history in 1990 and from the Tbilisi Institute of Law in 2003. She worked in Georgian State Television as reporter from 1990 to 1991. She was teacher at Tbilisi 54th School from 1991 to 2001 and the Specialist at Pedagogical Innovations Center of Tbilisi Education Division from 1994 to 1995. She joined the

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

-based human rights advocacy organization Article 42 of the Constitution in 2003. She became Executive Director of this organization in 2009. In 2012, she joined the new opposition party Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia (GDDG) founded by the tycoon

Bidzina Ivanishvili Bidzina Ivanishvili ( ka, ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili ; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who serv ...

. On April 21, 2012, Kobakhidze became the GDDG's temporary chairperson as Ivanishvili was not allowed to lead the political party due to his being stripped of Georgian citizenship. Kobakhidze held this post until February 2013. The GDDG won a parliamentary plurality in the October 1, 2012 election, resulting in Kobakhidze being elected for the

Sachkhere District Sachkhere ( ka, საჩხერის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Saçxeris municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is a district of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Sachkhere. From the north, the municipality of Sachkhere ...

. On October 21, 2012, she was elected to become First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.New Parliament Vice Speakers Elected
Civil Georgia. October 21, 2012. During the

2016 Georgian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 8 October 2016 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream coalition, led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, sought a second term in office. Opposition parties included th ...

, Kobakhidze was 11th on the GDDG's proportional list. The GDDG got 44 mandates with its proportional list, resulting in Kobakhidze becoming an MP, serving her 2nd term. On February 8, 2017, she was elected as the Judge of Constitutional Court of Georgia by parliament, and as a result, left the Georgian parliament.

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