Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria (born 20 April 1972) is a Georgian politician and the current 1st Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia. During 1989–1995 Bokeria was one of the leaders of student movement, in particular active member of Press Club of Tbilisi State University.

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  • Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria (born 20 April 1972) is a Georgian politician and the current 1st Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia. During 1989–1995 Bokeria was one of the leaders of student movement, in particular active member of Press Club of Tbilisi State University. Since 1992 he has been working as a journalist, in the newspaper 7 Dge (7 Days), as a political editor of newspaper Mimomkhilveli (Observer) - 1992–1993, journalist of Pikis Saati (Rush Hour) program of Channel 1 of State Radio -1993, journalist of Radio Liberty - 1994, political editor of newspaper Argumenti (Argument) - 1995–1996, Akcentebi (Accents) talk show host of Rustavi 2 broadcasting company - 1996. In 1996, together with Levan Ramishvili, Givi Targamadze and David Zurabishvili, Bokeria co-founded Liberty Institute, Georgian non-profit, non-partisan, liberal public policy advocacy foundation, taking a job of coordinating human rights programs and later – senior legal advisor. In 2003, after a visit to Serbia to study peaceful revolution techniques, Bokeria helped bring Serb activists from youth movement Otpor to Georgia to train students in the same techniques. As a result, a youth movement "Kmara" was established, which played a leading role in the November 2003 Rose Revolution. After the Revolution, Bokeria was elected to Parliament where he has authored a number laws to strengthen human rights in Georgia. He is a Member of Parliament since 2004. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Legal Issues and is a Member of Committee on Defense and Security. Since 2005 he is Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and vice-chairman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the assembly. In April 2008, he was moved to the post of deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia. He is one of the leaders of United National Movement.
  • Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria ist ein georgischer Politiker. Von 2005 bis 2008 war er Vizepräsident der Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarats (PACE). Seit dem 8. April 2008 ist er stellvertretender Außenminister Georgiens. Er war einer der Organisatoren der Rosenrevolution in Georgien im November 2003.
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  • Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria (born 20 April 1972) is a Georgian politician and the current 1st Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia. During 1989–1995 Bokeria was one of the leaders of student movement, in particular active member of Press Club of Tbilisi State University.
  • Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria ist ein georgischer Politiker. Von 2005 bis 2008 war er Vizepräsident der Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarats (PACE). Seit dem 8. April 2008 ist er stellvertretender Außenminister Georgiens. Er war einer der Organisatoren der Rosenrevolution in Georgien im November 2003.
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