Otar Partskhaladze

Otar Partskhaladze (b. 1976) is a Georgian-Russian[1] businessman who served as the Prosecutor General of Georgia in 2013. He was forced to resign after it emerged that he had been convicted of a criminal offence in Germany.[2]

Prior to 2008, Partskhaladze worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in various responsible positions, in addition to being a member of the Temporary Energy Commission of the Parliament of Georgia.

From 2008 to 2013, Partskhaladze was head of the investigative unit in the Shida Kartli region of the Georgia Ministry of Finance. He was then promoted to deputy director of the ministry's investigative service before being named the service's head in January 2013.[3]

On 7 November 2013, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili appointed Partskhaladze as Prosecutor General.[3] He resigned due to allegations that he had been convicted of robbery in Germany in 2001.[2]

In November 2018 he was charged with beating the former head of the State Audit Office, Lasha Tordia, in May 2017, and granted 5,000 GEL bail.[4] He has been involved in several other high-profile incidents. Several days before his resignation, Partskhaladze admitted to assaulting a police officer in 2010.[5]

On 24 February 2021, Partskhaladze received Russian citizenship. From September 2022, he was recorded in the Russian Federation Unified State Register of Entrepreneurs and owned shares in Russian-based company.[6]

On 14 September 2023, the United States sanctioned Partskhaladze for "operating or having operated in the management consulting sector of the Russian Federation economy". According to U.S. State Departament, Partskhaladze "worked with the Russian Federal Security Service to influence Georgian politics and society to benefit Russia".[1]

On 17 October 2023, Partskhaladze's Georgian citizenship was revoked.[7]