Name David Usupashvili Profession Law, Public Policy, Politics Nationality Georgian Work experience 21 Oct, 2012 – present Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia 2011 – present Deputy Chairman of the Political Coalition “Georgian Dream” 2005 – present Chairman Republican Party of Georgia 2002 – 2005 IRIS Georgia USAID funded Rule of Law Program Senior Legal and Policy Advisor 2001 – 2002 IRIS Georgia USAID funded Rule of Law Program Deputy Chief of Party 2000 - 2001 Anticorruption Working Group of the president of Georgia Executive Secretary 1999 - 2000 AMEX International – Tbilisi office Chief of Party As a country manager of the Rule of Law programs funded by the USAID was implementing several ongoing projects as well as developing new contacts and identifying new areas for future projects. 1995 – 1997 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association Programs Director As a leader and senior executive officer of the GYLA had overall responsibility on all its programs. Principal partners and funding organizations during these activities were: OSGF, Eurasia Foundation, USIS, ABA, Canadian embassy, COLPI, OSI - New York, GTZ, UNHCR, NOVIB, Law Society of England. 1995 – 1997, 2000 – 2001 Open Society – Georgia Foundation Board Member Besides performing general responsibilities of a board member by participating in all funding decisions, is working closer with legal, mass media and NGO program coordinators as well as with the executive director on designing priorities and policies in these fields. 1997 Parliament of Georgia Member of the Attestation Commission The commission was formed by the Bureau of the Parliament from the six individuals with respect and commitment from all factions and political leaders of the Parliament in order to conduct attestation of the staff of the Parliament. 1993 – 1995 State Constitutional Commission of Georgia Member Was actively participating in negotiations/drafting the chapters of the constitution on human rights, executive branch and judicial branch of power as well as was leading weekly TV programs on the constitutional process. 1993 – 1996 Governmental Commission for Legal Reforms of Georgia 1 Member Was working in the constitutional and administrative law units on the drafts of the laws on local governance, on self-governance and electoral systems (that were not passed by the parliament). 1992 – 1996 Tbilisi State University Department of Humanitarian Studies Teacher of Law Courses offered: Comparative Constitutional Law; International Law and Human Rights; Law-enforcement Agencies; Court System; Family Law. 1992 – 1994 Staff of the President of Georgia Senior Legal Adviser, Special envoy of the President to the Parliament and Constitutional Commission of Georgia Main responsibilities were: . preparing drafts of Presidential decrees, as well internal regulations of the Staff under the direction of the Head of the Staff of the Head of State; . directing the activity of the Legal Department because the Head of the Department at the same time was appointed as a Secretary of the State Constitutional Commission and was spending about 90% of his time in his other office. providing immediate legal advises to the President during parliamentary discussions and preparing his public speeches on the relevant issues. 1992 State Council of Georgia Leading Legal Adviser Working in the staff of the Interim Parliament of Georgia included preparation new basic legislation in all fields for overcoming the “legal chaos” created after the coup. 1989 – 1995 Central Electoral Commission of Georgia Member; Head of the Legal Department; Chief legal consultant During the electoral campaigns of March 1990, October 1990, March 1991, May 1991, November 1992 elections was a principal adviser and representative of the Commission in all legal affairs. 1986-1988 Soviet Army Sergeant Major Education 1997 – 1999 Duke University (NC, USA) Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy MA in International Development Policy 1992 – 1995 Tbilisi State University, Department of International Law and International Relations, Certificate for Post Graduate Studies in Constitutional Law 1985 – 1992 Tbilisi State University, Department of Law Diploma of Honor in Law 1975 – 1985 High School, Magaro, Georgia Certification of Honor Languages Georgian (native), English, Russian 2 Address Phanaskerteli st. 20/81, Tbilisi, Georgia Phone (995 32) 2335594; (995 599) 585930 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 3.