David Salaridze - Public Defender of Georgia

Term of office: October 27, 1997 - September 1, 2000
Profession: engineer, lawyer
Religion: Orthodox

Davit Salaridze (born on October 24, 1947, Tbilisi, Georgia) - Georgian engineer, lawyer; Member of Parliament of Georgia in 1999-2003.

Davit Salaridze graduated from the Department of Engineering of the State Polytechnic Institute and the Department of Law of Tbilisi State University.

Work experience

1968-1982 - various positions in the communist union and party;
1982-1993 - Ministry of Internal Affairs; Chief of Tbilisi Police Division, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs;

From 1993 to 1997 - Head of Tax Inspection Service, First Deputy Minister of Finance;
In 1997-1999 - first Public Defender of Georgia;
1999-2003 - Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on Revenue and Taxation;

In the same years - Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.