Zurab Japaridze
Zurab Japaridze | |
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ზურაბ ჯაფარიძე | |
Japaridze in 2023 | |
| Chairman of Girchi - More Freedom | |
| Assumed office 26 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | party established |
| Chairman of Girchi | |
| In office 5 November 2015 – 23 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | party established |
| Succeeded by | Iago Khvichia |
| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 25 November 2024 – 5 February 2025 | |
| In office 11 December 2020 – 16 November 2021 | |
| In office 21 October 2012 – 18 November 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1976 |
| Party | Girchi - More Freedom (2020–present) New Political Center — Girchi (2015–2020) United National Movement (2012–2015) |
Zurab Girchi Japaridze (Georgian: ზურაბ გირჩი ჯაფარიძე; born 1 January 1976) is a Georgian politician and co-founder of a libertarian party called Girchi. On 26 December 2020 he founded a new political party, Girchi - More Freedom.
He was jailed in June 2025, under what are widely considered to be politically motivated charges, after refusing a summons from the Tsulukiani Commission.