Irakli Beraia to Head the Georgian Intelligence Service
On April 5, PM Irakli Kobakhidze appointed Irakli Beraia, who until now has been the Chairperson of the Defense and Security Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, as the New Head of the Georgian Intelligence Service, replacing Maj. Gen. Shalva Lomidze.
Beraia has been serving as Georgian Dream MP since 2016. Starting his career at the Georgian Red Cross, he later worked in business and entered public administration as the head of the National Investment Agency of the Ministry of Economic Development in 2007. Joining the Georgian Dream in 2012, he served as the Director of the Interior Ministry’s Reforms and Development Department (2012-2015) and the Director of the Information-Analytical Department of the State Security Service (2015-2016).
Meanwhile, in October of last year, Beraia became embroiled in a scandal after verbally attacking opposition MP Teona Akubardia during a plenary session after she criticized the Georgian Parliamentary delegation for not supporting the amendment in support of Georgia at the recent NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Among other offensive comments, Beraia said: “I urge this person to refrain from mentioning me and my committee, with her long tongue, wherever it has been.”
He later apologized for his comments, saying that “when we are shamefully accused of having ties to the Kremlin, we always have a strong reaction… I admit that I was overly emotional due to the gravity of the statement we heard, and I would like to apologize for that.”
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