Eleonora Archaia

Eleonora Archaia was born in 1967 in the small village of Narazeni in Samegrelo region. Her father, Jondi Archaia was a factory worker. Her mother, Neli Logua, is a Former school teacher. Archaia is the third of four daughters. Archaia spent her early years in Narazeni where she graduated from Narazeni public school in 1984. The same year she Moved to Kutaisi, where she studied at the Alexander Tsulukidze’s Kutaisi State Pedagogical Institute, at the Faculty of Methodology of Preschool Education and Psychology, From 1984 to 1988 During perestroika, Archaia with her husband established a food processing factory in Kazakhstan and lived there for several years. From 1996 to 1998 She worked as a psychologist at the Kutaisi Economic Lyceum. From 1998 to 2002 she studied Law in Akaki Tsereteli State University. Shortly after, she left Kutaisi and moved to Tbilisi with her family. From 2002 to 2005 She worked at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, as an advisor to the Human Resources Department. From 2005 to 2017 she held numerous positions in the restaurant and hospitality business and ran a family-owned restaurant chain. [1]

Eleonora Archaia on town hall meeting

In August 2017, Archaia announced She would run for Kutaisi City Council seat in the 2017 local election as a candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the Kakhianouri electoral district. She won her seat in the general election, with 49.9% of the vote. [2] [3] Shortly after election, She was assigned to the Property Management, Economy and Urban Management Commission and Committee on Legal Affairs. [4] The same year she was elected as a Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Dream Caucus. [5]

On October 30 2018, it was reported by the media that as a result of pressure from local authorities an independent media agency Imereti News was closed down. Founder of the agency, was a son of Eleonora Archaia. he stated that because of direct and indirect threats made against him and his family by Kutaisi Deputy Mayor and Deputy Governor of Imereti, he was forced to temporarily suspend operations of Imereti News Agency. [6]

On February 18 2021, Giorgi Gakharia resigned as Prime Minister, left ruling Georgian Dream and founded a new party in May. August of the same year Eleonora Archaia announced via Facebook post, that she left the Georgian dream and joined Gakharia's newly formed party. In September Gakharia nominated Kutaisi mayoral candidate and Party list of City council members. Archaia was named as a Lead candidate for City Assembly.[7] After the 2021 local election, the “For Georgia” party got 6.71% of the vote and became the third biggest party in the Kutaisi City Assembly.[8] Archaia was elected for the second time. [9]

The day after the election Archaia's car was damaged. a window glass was shattered, although her bag and mobile phone were not stolen. She stated that the incident was related to her political activities as she left the ruling party. Nobody has been detained and the case is not closed. [10]

Archaia is married since 1990 and has 5 children.

• Eleonora Archaia on Facebook
• Eleonora Archaia on Twitter