Prime Minister of Georgia

Prime Minister of Georgia
Coat of Arms of Georgia
Incumbent Irakli Kobakhidze since 8 Febuary 2024
Inaugural holder	Noe Ramishvili
Formation	23 August 1991

The Prime Minister of Georgia is the most senior minister within the Cabinet of Georgia. He is appointed by the President of Georgia.

Georgia has had 42 Prime Ministers since 1918.

Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)

Prime ministers

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Began office	Left office	Party	Title(s)
1		Noe Ramishvili (1881–1930)	26 May 1918	24 June 1918	Social Democratic Party of Georgia	Chairman of Government
2		Noe Zhordania (1868–1953)	24 June 1918	18 March 1921	Social Democratic Party of Georgia	Chairman of Government

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Began office	Left office	Party	Title(s)
1		Polikarp Mdivani (1887–1937)	7 March 1922	April 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
2		Sergey Kavtaradze (1885–1971)	April 1922	January 1923	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
3		Shalva Eliava (1883–1937)	January 1923	June 1927	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
4		Lavrenty Kartvelishvili (1890–1938)	June 1927	June 1929	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
5		Filipp Makharadze (1886–1941)	June 1929	January 1931	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
6		Levan Sukhishvili	January 1931	22 September 1931	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
7		German Mgaloblishvili (?–1937)	22 September 1931	9 July 1937 (executed)	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
8		Valerian Bakradze (1901–1971)	9 July 1937	15 April 1946	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
			15 April 1946	December 1946		Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
9		Zakhary Chkhubianishvili (1903–?)	December 1946	6 April 1952	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
10		Zakhary Ketskhoveli (1902–1970)	6 April 1952	16 April 1953	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
11		Valerian Bakradze (1901–1971)	16 April 1953	20 September 1953	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
12		Givi Javakhishvili (1912–1985)	21 September 1953	17 December 1975	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
13		Zurab Pataridze [ru] (1928–1982)	17 December 1975	5 June 1982	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
14		Dmitry Kartvelishvili [ru] (1927–2009)	2 July 1982	12 April 1986	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
15		Otar Cherkezia [ru] (1933–2004)	12 April 1986	29 March 1989	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
16		Zurab Chkheidze [ru] (1930–2007)	29 March 1989	14 April 1989	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
17		Nodari Chitanava [ru] (1935–)	14 April 1989	15 November 1990	Communist Party of Georgia	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
18		Tengiz Sigua (1934–2020)	15 November 1990	18 August 1991	Independent	Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

Georgia (since 1991)

Prime ministers

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party
—	Murman Omanidze (1938–2020) (acting)		18 August 1991	23 August 1991	Independent
1	Besarion Gugushvili (1945–)		23 August 1991	6 January 1992[1]	Round Table—Free Georgia
2	Tengiz Sigua (1934–2020)		6 January 1992	6 August 1993	Independent
—	Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014) (acting)		6 August 1993	20 August 1993	Independent

List of prime ministers (since 1995)

Georgia (1995–present)

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Niko Lekishvili (1947–)		8 December 1995	26 July 1998	Union of Citizens of Georgia
2	Vazha Lortkipanidze (1949–)		31 July 1998	11 May 2000	Union of Citizens of Georgia
3	Giorgi Arsenishvili (1942–2010)		11 May 2000	21 December 2001	Union of Citizens of Georgia
4	Avtandil Jorbenadze (1951–)		21 December 2001	7 November 2003	Union of Citizens of Georgia
5	Zurab Zhvania (1963–2005)		7 November 2003	17 February 2004	United National Movement

Prime ministers

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party
4	Zurab Zhvania (1963–2005)		17 February 2004	3 February 2005	United National Movement
—	Mikheil Saakashvili (1967–) (acting)[2]		3 February 2005	17 February 2005	United National Movement
5	Zurab Noghaideli (1964–)		17 February 2005	16 November 2007	United National Movement
—	Giorgi Baramidze (1968–) (acting)[3]		16 November 2007	22 November 2007	United National Movement
6	Lado Gurgenidze (1970–)		22 November 2007	1 November 2008	Independent
7	Grigol Mgaloblishvili (1973–)		1 November 2008	6 February 2009	Independent
8	Nika Gilauri (1975–)		6 February 2009	4 July 2012	Independent
9	Vano Merabishvili (1968–)		4 July 2012	25 October 2012	United National Movement
10	Bidzina Ivanishvili (1956–)		25 October 2012	20 November 2013	Georgian Dream
11	Irakli Garibashvili (1982–)		20 November 2013	30 December 2015	Georgian Dream
12	Giorgi Kvirikashvili (1967–)		30 December 2015	13 June 2018	Georgian Dream
13	Mamuka Bakhtadze (1982–)		20 June 2018	2 September 2019	Georgian Dream
14	Giorgi Gakharia (1975–)		8 September 2019	18 February 2021	Georgian Dream
15	Irakli Garibashvili (1982–)		22 February 2021	29 January 2024	Georgian Dream
16	Irakli Kobakhidze (1978–)		8 February 2024	present	Georgian Dream

References

1. Prime Minister of the rebel government at Zugdidi 24 September—6 November 1993
2. Saakashvili took responsibilities as Prime minister (in Russian)
3. Acting Prime minister of Georgia criticized peacekeepers, CIS and Russia (in Russian) Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine