He was the leader of the Tavisupleba ("Freedom") political party and served as the member of the Parliament of Georgia from 2009 to 2011.
He is a namesake of his paternal grandfather, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, the leading 20th-century Georgian novelist.
After the 1991-92 coup d'état against his father and the legitimate government, he fled with his family to Switzerland.
He ultimately agreed to regain the seat and joined the Parliament in November 2009, becoming a chair of the parliamentary commission investigating the death of the late President Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
[1][4] In 2011, Gamsakhurdia left his seat in the parliament and accepted the position of Georgia's representative in the World Meteorological Organization.