On this possition he replaced Mrs. Eka Tkeshelashvili who was State Minister in 2010-212.

Paata Zakareishvili was born on 4 August, 1958. In 1984 he graduated from Kazan State University and in 1993 - Tbilisi Ecclesiastical Academy and Seminary. In 1992-1995 was Head of Division of Religious Rights Protection, State Committee on Human Rights and People-to-people Relations, and in 1992-1997 was Head of Commission for the Protection of Civilians in the Conflict Zone, Missing Persons and Prisoners of War during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict. In 1995 he held the position of Adviser to the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia on issues of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees. In 1995-1997 he was the Forced Migration Project Coordinator at the Open Society Foundation (New York) and in 1995-2000 he was Head of Staff of the Committee for National Minority Issues and Human Rights Protection of the Parliament of Georgia. In 1995-2012 he was Georgian Coordinator of California University (Irvine) Georgian-Abkhazian Civil Dialogue project, also in 1998-2012 he was Georgian coordinator of Conciliation Resources (London) Georgian-Abkhazian projects and Georgian coordinator of the "Shlaining Process". In 2000-2001 Mr. Zakareishvili was Deputy Chairman of Penitentiary Department of Georgia. In 2000-2004 he became a member of executive board of "Open Society Georgia". In 2002-2006 he was a member of Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council) and in 2009-2012 he was Chairman of the Institute for the Study of Nationalism and Conflict (ISNC).