Irakli Zarkua

Irakli Zarkua (; born 16 January 1982) is a Georgian politician and member of the Parliament of Georgia from the Georgian Dream party. He has served as a member of parliament since 2020.

Early life and education Zarkua was born on 16 January 1982. He graduated from Tbilisi State University in 2003 with a degree in International Economic Relations and earned a Master's degree in Economics from the same university in 2015. He also graduated from the Georgian Technical University in 2021. Zarkua was first elected to Parliament of Georgia in the 2020 parliamentary election and served as an member of parliament from 11 December 2020 to 25 November 2024. He was a member of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party and part of the Georgian Dream faction. He was elected Deputy Chairman of the Regional Policy and Self-Government Committee in the 10th convocation of the Georgian Parliament.

Zarkua was re-elected in the 2024 parliamentary election. On 25 November 2024, during the inaugural session of the new parliament, he was elected Chairman of the Diaspora and Caucasus Issues Committee. According to media reports, Lagi Capital was owned until 2023 by Aleksandre Amisulashvili, who is Zarkua's brother-in-law.

Physical altercation in Abu Dhabi In 2025, Zarkua, along with fellow MPs Viktor Sanikidze and Gela Samkharadze, was allegedly involved in assaulting a fellow Georgian citizen, Lasha Gabitashvili, in a hotel restaurant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Security camera footage reportedly showed Zarkua throwing food at Gabitashvili and starting a fight. Gabitashvili linked the attack to his earlier remarks, where he had called Zarkua and Sanikidze "traitors" and "Russian slaves". Reports indicated that local police detained one individual after a thrown plate hit a waiter, and Gabitashvili planned to file a lawsuit against the MPs.