Konstantine Z. Gamsaxurdia

Konstantine "Koko" Gamsakhurdia (born June 24, 1961) is a Georgian politician and an Iranist. He was the leader of the Tavisupleba ("Freedom") political party and served as the member of the Parliament of Georgia from 2009 to 2011. Since January 2024, he has served as the director general of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.

Biography Konstantine Gamsakhurdia is the only son from the first marriage of Georgia's first President Zviad Gamsakhurdia and grew up in Tbilisi. He is a namesake of his paternal grandfather, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, the leading 20th-century Georgian novelist. After the 1991-92 coup d'état against his father and the legitimate government, he fled with his family to Switzerland. He lived in Dornach and worked as a translator and as a freelancer for several newspapers.

In 2011, Gamsakhurdia left his seat in the parliament and accepted the position of Georgia's representative in the World Meteorological Organization.

Personal life Gamsakhurdia is married and has two sons.

Publications (selection) Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Dissident - Präsident - Märtyrer, Basel 1995, Perseus-Verlag,

Contributions Beiträge zur Geschichte der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Part 2, Edeltraud Krüger, Berlin (East) 1982