Vakhtang Turnava

Vakhtang Turnava (Georgian: ვახტანგ თურნავა; born 25 July 1988) is a Georgian businessman and politician who has served as a Member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2024.^[1] He is a member of the ruling Georgian Dream—Democratic Georgia party and holds the position of First Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration.^[2]

Vakhtang Turnava was born on 25 July 1988. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.^[2] Prior to his election to Parliament, Turnava had a career in business and finance. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a chief specialist in the Financial Department of the Administration of the President of Georgia. Between 2011 and 2016, he was a co-founder and the executive director of PUNTOPAY S.R.L. Since 2016, he has served as the executive director and a co-founder of Ms Sweeft.^[3] In 2021, he founded the Skillwill Neo-University.^[2]

Turnava entered the Parliament of Georgia following the 2024 parliamentary election.^[4] He was elected via the party list of the Georgian Dream—Democratic Georgia bloc and is a member of the parliamentary faction The Georgian Dream.^[5] Turnava was appointed to the Committee on European Integration. He serves as the First Deputy Chairperson of this committee.^[6]

Turnava has been publicly named on international sanctions lists. As of October 2025, he was included in a public list of over 230 representatives of the Georgian Dream party subjected to Western sanctions. These sanctions have been imposed by multiple countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, for reasons such as "undermining democracy," "stalling Georgia's European integration process," and involvement in the "brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters". The European Parliament has also passed resolutions calling for sanctions against Georgian Dream officials, describing Georgia as "a state captured by illegitimate Georgian Dream regime".^[7]