Georgia’s Prosecutorial Council Has New Chair
By Tea Mariamidze
Friday, January 18
The Prosecutorial Council, a 15-member body in charge of nominating candidates for the chief prosecutor, has elected a new Chair, prosecutor Nana Khunjua.
The Council made a decision on January 16 and the chairperson was elected through secret balloting by the majority of the attendees with a 2-year term.
Two candidates were named during the sitting – Prosecutor Nana Khunchua and Lawyer Irma Chkadua out of which, Khunjua received 12 votes.
The members of the council welcomed the strengthening of women’s role in the work of the Prosecutor’s Office.
Khunjua has more than 12 years experience in working for the Prosecutor’s Office. She started her career in 2006 and worked as the prosecutor until 2014 when she became the Prosecutor of the Department of Procedural Management of Investigation in the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Prosecution Service.
Since 2014, she had been working as the Head of different departments, including the Special State Protection Service and Intelligence Service, also Counter Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Counterterrorist Center and the Border Police Department.
In 2015-2018 she continued her career in the State Security Service of the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, Special Service of State Security, Intelligence Service and Counterterrorist Center.
Since December 16, 2018, she has been working in the State Security Service of the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, Special Service of State Security, Intelligence Service, and State Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Border Police of Georgia.
Nana Khunjua has a husband and four children.
Previously the Prosecutorial Council was subordinated to the Justice Ministry, but under the new Constitution of Georgia, which entered into force on December 16, it is a separate body.
Georgia’s Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani, who chaired the Prosecutorial Council from 2015, from the year it was established, said Khunjua’s election finalized the process of separating prosecutorial bodies from the Justice Ministry.
