Koba Nakopia information

Koba Nakopia (Georgian: კობა ნაყოფია; born 22 February 1969) is a Georgian businessman and politician who has served as a member of Parliament since 2008 and as Chairman of the Political Council of the United National Movement since January 2022.

Studying in Tbilisi and Moscow, he launched a private career in the 1990s in Russia, involved in several investment companies that would eventually allow him to hold several portfolios in Georgia. The largest one of them was the privatized Madneuli gold mine and Nakopia rapidly became one of the largest mining magnates in the country, founding GeoProMining, a company holding mining interests in Georgia, Russia, and Armenia.

His political career began with his election to represent the Bolnisi Majoritarian District in Parliament in 2008 as the United National Movement's nominee. He would be reelected in Bolnisi in 2012, and then would remain in Parliament through UNM's electoral list. One of the party's wealthiest members, he has been a large financial donor of the Georgian opposition and has served several leadership positions, the latest being Chairman of the party's Political Council since 2022, the position he left early 2023.