Mzia Todua

Mzia Todua
მზია თოდუა
President of the Supreme Court Acting
In office 2 August 2018 – 17 March 2020
President	Giorgi Margvelashvili Salome Zourabichvili
Prime Minister	Mamuka Bakhtadze Giorgi Gakharia
Preceded by	Nino Gvenetadze
Succeeded by	Nino Kadagidze
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-24) January 24, 1956 Akhalsopeli, Georgia SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University

Mzia Todua (Georgian: მზია თოდუა; born 24 January 1956), is a Georgian lawyer and judge, current acting President of the Supreme Court after the resignation of Nino Gvenetadze on 2 August 2018.

Biography

Todua was born in the village of Akhalsopeli, now part of the Georgian administrative region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. and graduated in Laws for the Tbilisi State University.

Career

Between 1978 and 1979 was the legal consultant of the silk textile company "Khooni", and was the Head of the Registry Office of the Khoni Municipality since 1979 until 1985, when was named judge of the municipality's Court, being appointed the Head of this Court for 1991 until 1998. In 1998 entered in the Tbilisi Appeal Court, office she hold as a judge until 1999. She was also president of the Judges Conference of Georgia between 2003 and 2005.

Since 2008 is the Associate Professor at the Georgian-American University and since 2011 at the Caucasus University.

In 2015 is appointed magistrate, Vice-President of the Supreme Court and Chairperson of the Chamber of Civil Cases. On 2 August 2018, Nino Gvenetadze, the President of the High Court resigned and Mzia Todua, as the Deputy Chairperson took the office ad interim until the Parliament approves a new candidate.