Nika Machutadze was born on 18 April 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
12 Facts About Nika Machutadze
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Nika Machutadze graduated in 2017 from the Ilia State University with a degree in political science and international relations.
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Nika Machutadze was elected as chairman of State for the People, an opposition political party, on 14 December 2016 during a party congress that saw the resignation of party founder Paata Burchuladze.
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Nika Machutadze proposed the establishment of ranked voting for presidential elections, although the proposal was not seconded.
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On 13 April 2017, Nika Machutadze left the Constitutional Commission in protest, arguing that the group was formed as a "technical means to strengthen Georgian Dream's hold on power" and warned that the constitutional draft would increase risks of informal governance.
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Nika Machutadze was one of several political party leaders to meet with exiled former President Mikheil Saakashvili in Amsterdam in April 2008.
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On 9 June 2020, Nika Machutadze announced a new party reorganization, with a new Political Council.
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Nika Machutadze presented independent MP Nato Chkheidze as the new chairwoman of the party.
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Nika Machutadze remained in a parliamentary boycott until a short-lived EU-facilitated agreement between Georgian Dream and the opposition in May 2021.
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Nika Machutadze was one of the signatories of a joint letter by opposition leaders backing Georgia's EU membership candidacy.
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Nika Machutadze is a member of the Diaspora and Affairs Committee, the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee, and the Commission on Deoccupation.
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Nika Machutadze serves on the Georgian delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM and the Georgia-Poland Parliamentary Assembly.