Later, he served as a Regional Director for the Democracy Coalition Project in the territories of the former Soviet Union, based in Tbilisi, from 2002 to 2003.

[2] Lomaia played a prominent role in the peaceful Rose Revolution which ousted President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze in November 2003.

He was appointed the Minister of Education and Science in the new government of President Mikheil Saakashvili and spearheaded a large-scale reform which eradicated corruption from the university enrollment process.

[8][9][10] In 2011, Mikheil Saakashvili awarded Lomaia St. George's Order of Victory for his exceptional role in the nation-building process and diplomatic success of Georgia.

[11] Lomaia earned a master of science degree at the Georgian Polytechnic Institute in 1985 with a specialty in hydraulic engineering.