Georgian politician, journalist, and human rights activist
This article is about Georgian Politician. For the Bronze Age land, see Subartu.
Sozar Subari
სოზარ სუბარი
Chairman of People's Power
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2024
Preceded by
party established
Adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia on topics of regional development
In office 16 July 2018 – 2 August 2020
Prime Minister
Mamuka Bakhtadze Giorgi Gakharia
Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees
In office 26 July 2014 – 14 July 2018
Prime Minister
Irakli Garibashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded by
David Darakhvelidze
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Minister of Corrections
In office 25 October 2012 – 22 July 2014
Prime Minister
Bidzina Ivanishvili Irakli Garibashvili
Preceded by
Giorgi Tugushi
Succeeded by
Giorgi Mgebrishvili
Public Defender of Georgia
In office 16 September 2004 – 16 September 2009
Preceded by
Nana Devdariani Temur Lomsadze (acting)
Succeeded by
Giorgi Tughushi
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2012
Personal details
Born
(1964-11-04) November 4, 1964 (age 59) Chuberi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Tbilisi, Georgia)
Political party
People's Power (2022-present) Georgian Dream (2012-2022) Georgia Party (2010-2012) Free Democrats (2009-2010)
Profession
historian, theologian, journalist
Sozar Subari (Georgian: სოზარ სუბარი) (born November 4, 1964) is a Georgian politician, journalist, and former human rights activist. He was formerly Georgia's Minister for IDPs, Accommodation and Refugees from 26 July 2014 to 13 June 2018. He served as a Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia from 2004 to 2009 and Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance from 2012 to 2014.
SozarSubari (Georgian: სოზარ სუბარი) (born November 4, 1964) is a Georgian politician, journalist, and former human rights activist. He was formerly Georgia's...
absentia in March 2008. In October 2010, he, remaining in France, joined SozarSubari, Levan Gachechiladze and Erosi Kitsmarishvili in the new Georgian Party...
a 2008 report by the then Public Defender of Human Rights in Georgia SozarSubari Merab Ratishvili was identified as a political prisoner. A 2011 report...
she added. In a statement issued on March 13 the Georgian Ombudsman SozarSubari said that investigation of Sandro Girgvliani murder case was "a serious...
terrorist attack and plotting a coup. The Georgian Human Rights Ombudsman, SozarSubari, was highly critical of the election proceedings. In addition to identifying...
has been accused of media control.[citation needed] In December 2008, SozarSubari, Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia, claimed he had evidence that...
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on UNM's electoral list. He ran against 16 candidates, including GD's SozarSubari, a former cabinet minister, and far-right activist Guram Palavandishvili...
(Ministry abolished) GDDG Minister for IDPs, Accommodation and Refugees SozarSubari 26 November 2016 13 June 2018 GDDG Minister of Environment Protection...
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presidency. During his term, he was often critical of Public Defender SozarSubari, himself a vocal critique of the government's human rights record. In...
None Minister for IDPs, Accommodation and Refugees Davit Darakhvelidze SozarSubari November 20, 2013 – July 21, 2014 July 26, 2014 – National Forum Georgian...
police and protesters' actions. The office of Georgian public defender SozarSubari and a group of local non-governmental organizations will also monitor...
May 10, 2013 – None None Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance SozarSubari October 25, 2012 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia Minister of Culture...
Public Defender (Ombudsman) under his fellow Liberty Institute activist SozarSubari. In 2005, Akhalaia was moved to the post of Head of Penitentiary Department...
June June 3, 2016- None Minister for IDPs, Accommodation and Refugees SozarSubari December 30, 2015 Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia Minister of Environment...
to previous years. She was seen as a potential candidate to replace SozarSubari as Georgia's Public Defender, although the job eventually went to Giorgi...
issued by the tsar or the patriarch of that time.” On the other hand, SozarSubari, Georgia's Ombudsman, noted in 2006 that it is common knowledge that...