The Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Georgia

Cabinet of Georgia

The Cabinet of Georgia is an executive council of government ministers in Georgia. It is headed by the Prime Minister of Georgia. In the cases of utmost importance, the meetings may be led by the President of Georgia . The first Cabinet of Georgia was formed by Noe Zhordania in the Democratic...

 in charge of regulating activities related to preservation of Georgian culture and its cultural monuments

Architecture of Georgia (country)

The Architecture of Georgia refers to a style of architecture found in Georgia.Georgian architecture is influenced by a number of architectural styles, including several each for castles, towers, fortifications and churches...

. The ministry is headed by Nikoloz Rurua.

History

The ministry was established in 2010 as a result of restructuring activities within the Georgian government in June 2010. The preceding Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sports was split into two separate government agencies: Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection.

Structure

The ministry is headed by the minister aided by the first deputy minister in charge of Cultural Heritage Strategy, Organizations Coordination and Permissions, and International Programs and Georgian Culture Popularization departments; and three deputies in charge of Administrative, Events and Regional Coordination and Legal departments.
Parliament exercises control over the ministry's activities. The budget of the ministry in 2010 was GEL

Georgian lari

The lari is the currency of Georgia. It is divided into 100 tetri. The name lari is an old Georgian word denoting a hoard, property, while tetri is an old Georgian monetary term used from the 13th century....

 54,977,500 roughly equal to €

Euro

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21,991,000.