2025
Tamar Chugoshvili
Democracy Advocate & Executive Director
Egeria Solutions
Tamar Chugoshvili is a democracy advocate, lawyer, and public administration specialist with 20 years of experience advancing good governance, the rule of law, and gender equality. She served as First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia (2016–2020), where she championed institutional reforms, strengthened parliamentary oversight, and led key gender equality initiatives. She also headed Georgia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), chaired the Parliamentary Friendship Group with the U.S. Congress, and served as an ambassador for the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL).
A dedicated anti-corruption advocate, Tamar proposed a reform package to establish an Independent Anti-Corruption Mechanism in Parliament. Previously, as chair of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and head of the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary, she played a key role in Georgia’s anti-corruption and judicial reforms. As Assistant to the Prime Minister (2013–2014), she led the development of Georgia’s first National Human Rights Strategy and Action Plan.The 2025 World Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2025 Yale World Fellows. These 16 extraordinary individuals are leaders working in environment, technology, politics, media, the arts, human rights, international development, and justice sectors around the world. They include a Nigerian singer-songwriter, a Turkish politician, and a Pakistani police superintendent. “World Fellows are operating with remarkable savvy and often immense courage on the frontlines of the fight for a better world,” said Emma Sky, director of Yale’s International Leadership Center, which houses the World Fellows program. “In this era of global upheaval and uncertainty – which drives many to cynicism and apathy – the 2025 World Fellows are daring to envision and build...Read More
