She resigned on 1 August 2016, after her party decided to leave the ruling Georgian Dream coalition.

Having worked for several governmental and international organizations in Georgia, Khidasheli assumed presidency of the influential human rights group Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) from 2000 to 2004.

[3] She, however, distanced herself from the new government led by Mikheil Saakashvili, her ally in the political struggle against Shevardnadze.

[6] She voiced strong opposition to mandatory military service and abolished it in June 2016, making Georgia a first post-Soviet state to do so.

[7] After the Republican Party decided to leave the Georgian Dream coalition ahead of the scheduled October 2016 parliamentary election, Khidasheli filed resignation and was succeeded by the former security official Levan Izoria.