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Georgian politician

Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria (Georgian: გიორგი (გიგა) ბოკერია, born 20 April in Tbilisi) is a Georgian politician and was the secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia from November to November

Career

From to , Bokeria was one of the leaders of various student movements, in particular an active member of the Press Club of Tbilisi State University.

In , he began working as a journalist, in the newspaper 7 Dge (7 Days), as a political editor of newspaper Mimomkhilveli (Observer) – –, journalist with the Pikis Saati (Rush Hour) program of Channel 1 of State Radio −, journalist of Radio Liberty – , political editor of newspaper Argumenti (Argument) – –, Akcentebi (Accents) talk show host of Rustavi 2 broadcasting company – ^{[citation needed]}

In , together with Levan Ramishvili, Bokeria co-founded the Liberty Institute, a Georgian non-profit, non-partisan, liberal public policy advocacy foundation, taking the job of coordinating human rights programs and later the position of senior legal advisor.

In , after a visit to Serbia to study peaceful revolution techniques, Bokeria helped bring Serb activists from the youth movement Otpor! to Georgia to train students in the same techniques.

As a result, the youth movement "Kmara" was established, which played a leading role in the November Rose Revolution. After the Revolution, Bokeria was elected to Parliament where he has authored a number laws to strengthen human rights in Georgia.^{[citation needed]}

Bokeria was a Member of Parliament from to He is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Legal Issues and is a Member of Committee on Defense and Security.

From to he was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and he was vice-chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the assembly and in along with United National Movement and later European Georgia - Movement for Liberty he moved to EPP Group. In April , he was moved to the post of deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia,^[1] and in November to Secretary of the National Security Council.^[2] He resigned on 15 November after Georgia elected its new president, Giorgi Margvelashvili.^[3] He was succeeded by the Georgian Dream lawmaker Irina Imerlishvili.

From to he was member of Parliament of Georgia. In after the split in the United National Movement, together with other former leaders of UNM, Bokeria co-founded European Georgia - Movement for Liberty party and remained the chairman of the party until his departure in

Personal life

Bokeria is married to Tamar Chergoleishvili, a former editor-in-chief of the Tbilisi-based magazine Tabula and politician.^[4] Bokeria's mother is the chess grandmaster Nana Alexandria.^[5]

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