10 Facts About Giorgi Botkoveli

Giorgi Botkoveli is a Georgian politician who has served as a Member of Parliament from the United National Movement since 2020.

Giorgi Botkoveli was born on June 2,1979, in Tbilisi, at the time the capital of Soviet Georgia.

Giorgi Botkoveli first started working in the private sector in 2002, managing a limited company until 2004.

Giorgi Botkoveli is married to Tamuna Galdava and has four children.

Giorgi Botkoveli entered public service shortly after the Rose Revolution that brought to power the pro-Western President Saakashvili to power.

Giorgi Botkoveli kept the position until 2012, when he was appointed First Deputy Governor of Kakheti, a post he held until 2013.

On January 20,2017, Giorgi Botkoveli was elected to the new 60-member Political Council of UNM, after the party underwent reorganization following the split by a faction that created the European Georgia party.

Giorgi Botkoveli was selected as UNM's nominee for the parliamentary majoritarian district of Telavi-Akhmeta-Kvareli-Lagodekhi during the 2020 legislative elections, running against several well-known candidates, including former Tbilisi Mayor Zurab Tchiaberashvili, Irakli Kadagishvili, and far-right activist Alexandre Palavandishvili, and 13 other candidates.

Giorgi Botkoveli has been one of the most vocal opponents of the Georgian government, supporting the idea of repeat parliamentary elections.

Giorgi Botkoveli has stated his belief that former State Security Service deputy head Soso Gogashvili had been arrested under the orders of Russia-affiliated businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili.