George Melashvili (Georgian: გიორგი მელაშვილი) (born April 20, 1994) is a public figure, scholar of political sciences (specializing in comparative politics) and East Asian studies (specializing in Korea), and a civic activist who is the founder and president of the Europe-Georgia Institute, a hybrid non-governmental organization in Georgia since September 2016.

[1][2] Melashvili graduated from the Free University of Tbilisi founded by Georgian statesman, visionary and philanthropist Kakha Bendukidze in 2016 with a degree in International Relations.

He is also an alumnus of Haifa University program supported by the government of Israel and successfully graduated from Swedish Institute Summer Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) in Malmö, Sweden.

[3][13] During the opening event of the "Europe in a suitcase" project held by the Europe-Georgia Institute and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Melashvili initiated the Oliver Wardrop Discussions to bring together British and Georgian politicians and young leaders and foster dialogue and cooperation between the countries.

The first Wardrop Discussion was held on the 22-nd of October, 2019 and featured former Georgian Ambassador to the UK Giorgi Badridze, the representative of British Liberal Democrats Imad Ahmed and others.