Ekaterine Kherkheulidze
Ekaterine Kherkheulidze | |
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| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2020 | |
| In office 18 March 2015 – 18 November 2016 | |
| In office 7 June 2008 – 21 October 2012 | |
| Member of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 7 June 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 13, 1972 |
| Party | United National Movement |
| Education | Tbilisi State University |
Ekaterine "Eka" Kherkheulidze (Georgian: ეკატერინე ხერხეულიძე; born 13 June 1972) is a Georgian politician who has served as a member of Parliament in 2008–2012, 2015–2016, and since 2020.
Debuting her political career as a member of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, she has been a longtime member of the United National Movement, which governed Georgia until 2012. She joined Parliament in 2008, serving as a voice for the government's controversial human rights stance. Serving briefly again in Parliament in 2015–2016, she was elected to a third term in 2020. Since then, she has been a vocal supporter of the former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's controversial return to the country and has repeatedly called for his release from prison.