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| Veriko Gaprindashvili |
Birth | 1970 |
Clan | Tskhvrisa |
Title | None |
Education | University of Khashumi, degree in Law, and master's degree in Constitutional Jurisprudence |
Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
Roles | Minister of Administrative Affairs (2022), Minister of State and Deputy Premier for State Administration (2022-2023) |
Family | Parents: Merab Melikishvili (1939-2005) and Natela Gaprindashvili (1944-2014) Spouse(s): Tariel Ubeduradze (1968) Issues: Tsiuri Gaprindashvili (2006) and Natela Gaprindashvili (2009) |
Biography | Veriko Gaprindashvili is the only daughter of Merab Melikishvili, a prominent unionist representative from Khashumi. She studied Law in the University of Khashumi, and joined a small law firm in 1993, starting her career in the labour courts under the mentorship of lawyer Zviad Genoshvili, who was closely associated with unions and working association. Graprindashvili gained soon a positive reputation for a long number of acquittals. Many of her clients were originally members of unions, human rights associations, civil organizations, consumers association as well as religious organizations, but by the end of the decade she moved toward criminal cases under a different law firm.
From 1999 to 2004, she served as deputy secretary of Khashumi Professional Association of Lawyers. She was elected by the National Assembly to serve as representative in the Council of State in 2008, after being nominated by a group of liberal-leaning MPs. She served in the Council of State until 2014. In 2016, she was elected to the National Assembly, being reelected in 2021. Her interventions in the National Assembly were mostly focused on judiciary system and legal reform.
After Bidzina Samkharadze was appointed Prime Minister, it was rumoured that she was a likely candidate to be appointed as Minister of Justice. However, she would be appointed as Minister of Admistrative Affairs instead. As minister, she played an important role in the drafting of the Voting Reform Act and the New Electoral Commission Act, legislation aimed to reform the electoral law and legislation on campaigning, respectively. Following the resignation of Anzor Papuashvili in a wiretapping scandal, Gaprindashvili left the Ministry of Administrative Affair and was appointed Minister of State. She was also appointed as Deputy Premier for State Administration until the end of Bidzina Samkharadze's government.
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