Prime Minister of Georgia
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The Prime Minister of Georgia is the most senior minister within the Cabinet
of Georgia
, appointed by the President of Georgia
. The official title of the Head of the Government of Georgia
has varied throughout history, however, the duties and functions of the leader have changed only marginally. The first Prime Minister of Georgia was Noe Ramishvili
, the incumbent being Nikoloz Gilauri
. Georgia has had 36 Prime Ministers since 1918.
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...
of Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, appointed by the President of Georgia
President of Georgia
The President of Georgia is the head of state, supreme commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Government of Georgia. Executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, who is the head of government...
. The official title of the Head of the Government 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...
has varied throughout history, however, the duties and functions of the leader have changed only marginally. The first Prime Minister of Georgia was Noe Ramishvili
Noe Ramishvili
Noe Besarionis dze Ramishvili was a Georgian politician and the first Prime Minister of Georgia. He was one of the leaders of the Menshevik wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. He was also known by his party noms de guerre: Pyotr, and Semyonov N...
, the incumbent being Nikoloz Gilauri
Nikoloz Gilauri
Nika Gilauri is a Georgian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Georgia since February 6, 2009. He had served as Minister for Energy and later as Minister for Finance and First Vice Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Georgia....
. Georgia has had 36 Prime Ministers since 1918.
Prime Ministers
- Noe RamishviliNoe RamishviliNoe Besarionis dze Ramishvili was a Georgian politician and the first Prime Minister of Georgia. He was one of the leaders of the Menshevik wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. He was also known by his party noms de guerre: Pyotr, and Semyonov N...
(26 May 1918 - 24 June 1918) - Noe ZhordaniaNoe ZhordaniaNoe Zhordania was a Georgian journalist and Menshevik politician. He played an eminent role in the Social Democratic revolutionary movement in Imperial Russia, and later chaired the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from July 24, 1918 until March 18, 1921, when the Bolshevik Soviet...
(24 June 1918 - 18 March 1921)
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922-1936) and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991)
Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
- Polikarp MdivaniPolikarp MdivaniPolikarp "Budu" Mdivani was a veteran Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet government official energetically involved in the Russian Revolutions and the Civil War. In the 1920s, he played an important role in Sovietization of the Caucasus, but later led Georgian Communist opposition to Joseph Stalin's...
(7 March 1922 - April 1922) - Sergey KavtaradzeSergey KavtaradzeSergey or Sergo Kavtaradze was a Soviet politician and diplomat who briefly served as head of government in the Georgian SSR and as Deputy Prosecutor General of the Soviet Union...
(April 1922 - January 1923) - Shalva EliavaShalva EliavaShalva Eliava was a Georgian Old Bolshevik and Soviet official who contributed to Sovietization of Central Asia and Caucasus but fell victim to Stalin’s Great Purge....
(January 1923 - June 1927) - Lavrenty Kartvelishvili (June 1927 - 1929)
- Filipp MakharadzeFilipp MakharadzeFilipp Makaradze was a Bolshevik revolutionary and government official.-Life:...
(June 1929 - January 1931) - Levan Sukhishvili (January 1931 - 22 September 1931)
- German Mgaloblishvili (22 September 1931 - June 1937)
- Valerian Bakradze (9 July 1937 - 15 April 1946)
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
- Valerian Bakradze (15 April 1946 - December 1946) (1st time)
- Zakhary Chkhubianishvili (December 1946 - 6 April 1952)
- Zakhary Ketskhoveli (6 April 1952 - 16 April 1953)
- Valerian Bakradze (16 April 1953 - 20 September 1953) (2nd time)
- Givi JavakhishviliGivi JavakhishviliGivi Javakhishvili was a Georgian Politician who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from 1953 to 1975.-Early life and education:...
(21 September 1953 - 17 December 1975) - Zurab Pataridze (17 December 1975 - 5 June 1982)
- Dmitry Kartvelishvili (2 July 1982 - 12 April 1986)
- Otar Cherkezia (12 April 1986 - 29 March 1989)
- Zurab Chkheidze (29 March 1989 - 14 April 1989)
- Nodari Chitanava (14 April 1989 - 15 November 1990)
- Tengiz SiguaTengiz SiguaTengiz Sigua is a Georgian politician and former Prime Minister of the country.Sigua was an engineer by profession and entered politics on the eve of the Soviet Union’s collapse. In 1990, he headed the Rustaveli Society of All Georgia and led an expert group of the bloc “Round Table-Free Georgia”...
(15 November 1990 - 18 August 1991)
Prime Ministers
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murman Omanidze (acting) | 18 August 1991 | 23 August 1991 | (None) | |
| 1 | Bessarion Gugushvili Bessarion Gugushvili Besarion Gugushvili is a Georgian politician and a former Prime Minister of the country.Gugushvili was appointed prime minister, on August 26, 1991, after Tengiz Sigua resigned in August 1991. The closest associate of Georgia’s former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he followed him into exile after... |
23 August 1991 | 6 January 1992 | Round Table - Free Georgia |
| 2 | Tengiz Sigua Tengiz Sigua Tengiz Sigua is a Georgian politician and former Prime Minister of the country.Sigua was an engineer by profession and entered politics on the eve of the Soviet Union’s collapse. In 1990, he headed the Rustaveli Society of All Georgia and led an expert group of the bloc “Round Table-Free Georgia”... |
6 January 1992 | 6 August 1993 | (None) |
| Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on... (acting) |
6 August 1993 | 20 August 1993 | (None) | |
| 3 | Otar Patsatsia Otar Patsatsia Otar Patsatsia is a Georgian politician who served as the country's Prime Minister from August 20, 1993 to October 5, 1995.... |
20 August 1993 | 5 October 1995 | (None) |
| 4 | Nikoloz Lekishvili Nikoloz Lekishvili Nikoloz Lekishvili is a Georgian politician and statesman, former Prime Minister of Georgia and Mayor of Tbilisi, member of the Parliament of Georgia.-Early years:... |
8 December 1995 | 26 July 1998 | Citizen's Union of Georgia |
| 5 | Vazha Lortkipanidze Vazha Lortkipanidze Vazha Lortkipanidze is a Georgian politician and statesman, former Prime Minister of Georgia and Ambassador of Georgia to Russia, member of the Parliament of Georgia.-Early years:Lortkipanidze was born on November 29, 1949 in Tbilisi, Georgia... |
31 July 1998 | 11 May 2000 | Citizen's Union of Georgia |
| 6 | Giorgi Arsenishvili Giorgi Arsenishvili Giorgi Arsenisvhvili served as Minister of State of Georgia from 2000 to 2001.-Career:Before entering politics, Arsenishvili was a member of the faculty at his alma mater, Tbilisi State University. Following his time as Minister of State, he as served as Ambassador to Austria, Hungary, Slovenia,... |
11 May 2000 | 21 December 2001 | Citizen's Union of Georgia |
| 7 | Avtandil Jorbenadze Avtandil Jorbenadze Avtandil Jorbenadze is a former Prime Minister of Georgia.Before entering politics, Jorbenadze worked as a doctor; in this capacity, in 1992 he was called to take up the post of deputy minister of health. He left the cabinet briefly the following year, but soon rejoined it as health minister... |
21 December 2001 | 27 November 2003 | Citizen's Union of Georgia |
| 8 | Zurab Zhvania Zurab Zhvania Zurab Zhvania was a prominent Georgian politician, having served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia as well as Minister without Portfolio. Zhvania assumed premiership on 18 February 2004 and remained on the position until his death on 3 February 2005... |
27 November 2003 | 3 February 2005 | United National Movement |
| Giorgi Baramidze Giorgi Baramidze Giorgi Baramidze was born in 1968, in Tbilisi. He graduated from Technical University of Georgia, majoring in chemical technology. He has conducted scientific researches and is the author of several academic publications. Giorgi Baramidze was one of the founders and key members of the anti-Soviet... (acting) |
3 February 2005 | 17 February 2005 | United National Movement | |
| 9 | Zurab Noghaideli Zurab Noghaideli Zurab Noghaideli is a Georgian businessman and a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Georgia from February 2005 until he resigned, citing health problems, on 16 November 2007... |
17 February 2005 | 16 November 2007 | United National Movement |
| 10 | Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze | 22 November 2007 | 1 November 2008 | (None) |
| 11 | Grigol Mgaloblishvili Grigol Mgaloblishvili Grigol Mgaloblishvili is a Georgian politician and diplomat who has been Georgia's Permanent Representative to NATO since June 26, 2009. He briefly served as the Prime Minister of Georgia from November 1, 2008 to February 6, 2009.-Early life and education:... |
1 November 2008 | 6 February 2009 | (None) |
| 12 | Nikoloz Gilauri Nikoloz Gilauri Nika Gilauri is a Georgian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Georgia since February 6, 2009. He had served as Minister for Energy and later as Minister for Finance and First Vice Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Georgia.... |
6 February 2009 | Incumbent | (None) |
See also
- Cabinet of GeorgiaCabinet of GeorgiaThe 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...