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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 new political party Girchi - More Freedom.
Japaridze graduated from the Tbilisi State Medical University in 1999, and Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) in 2005. Since 1998, he has worked for various Western-funded assistance programs for Georgia. He was a professor at the GIPA from 2005 to 2011 and at the Free University of Tbilisi since 2011. From 2010 to 2012, he was also a columnist for the Tabula magazine.
Japaridze started his political career in 2012 when he joined the United National Movement party (UNM). In June 2013, he was one of the candidates for the 2013 UNM presidential nomination.[1][2] In 2012–2016 Japaridze was the member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 8th convocation.[3] He served as the UNM's executive secretary, but left the party in May 2015.[4]
In 2016, Japaridze, with four other lawmakers who left the UNM, established a right-libertarian party called Girchi. It emerged as one of the strongest supporters of the legalization of cannabis in Georgia. In 2018, Japaridze run in the Georgian presidential election, receiving 2.26% of the total number of votes. In 2020, he was elected as a member of the parliament, although renounced his mandate after leaving the party. In December 2020, Japaridze founded new political party Girchi - More Freedom.
^"UNM names candidates for Presidential primaries". Tabula. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^"Saakashvili's party names four presidential candidates". Democracy & Freedom Watch. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^"დეპუტატების სია: ჯაფარიძე ზურაბ" [List of the MPs: Japaridze, Zurab] (in Georgian). Parliament of Georgia. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^"Four MPs Quit UNM Opposition Party". Civil Georgia. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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