List of leaders of Georgia (country)
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This is the list of leaders of Georgia since 1918, during the periods of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921), Soviet Georgia (1921–1991), and current Georgia. For the head of government, see President of Georgia.
List (1918–present)
[edit]No. | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Began office | Left office | Party | Title(s) |
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1 | Nikolay Chkheidze (1864–1926) |
10 February 1918 | 26 May 1918 | Social Democratic Party of Georgia | President of Parliamentary Assemblies |
Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)
[edit]No. | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Began office | Left office | Party | Title(s) |
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1 | Nikolay Chkheidze (1864–1926) |
26 May 1918 | 16 March 1921 | Social Democratic Party of Georgia | President of Parliamentary Assemblies (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic) | |
1 | Noe Ramishvili (1881–1930) |
26 May 1918 | 24 June 1918 | Social Democratic Party of Georgia | President of Government (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic) | |
1 | Noe Zhordania (1868–1953) |
24 June 1918 | 18 March 1921 | Social Democratic Party of Georgia | President of Government (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic) |
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1990)
[edit]No. | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Began office | Left office | Party | Title(s) |
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1 | Mamia Orakhelashvili (1881–1937) |
16 March 1921 | April 1922 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
2 | Mikheil Okudzhava | 24 May 1922 | 22 October 1922 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
3 | Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935) |
22 October 1922 | August 1924 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
4 | Mikheil Kakhiani (1896–1937) |
August 1924 | May 1930 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
5 | Levan Gogoberidze (1896–1937) |
May 1930 | 19 November 1930 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
6 | Samson Mamulia (1892–1937) |
19 November 1930 | 11 September 1931 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
7 | Lavrenty Kartvelishvili (1890–1938) | 11 September 1931 | 14 November 1931 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
8 | Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953) |
14 November 1931 | 18 October 1932 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
9 | Petre Agniashvili | 18 October 1932 | 15 January 1934 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
10 | Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953) |
15 January 1934 | 31 August 1938 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
11 | Candide Charkviani (1907–1994) |
31 August 1938 | 2 April 1952 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
12 | Akaki Mgeladze (1910–1980) |
2 April 1952 | 14 April 1953 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
13 | Aleksandre Mirtskhulava (1911–2009) |
14 April 1953 | 19 September 1953 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
14 | Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988) |
20 September 1953 | 29 September 1972 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
15 | Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014) |
29 September 1972 | 6 July 1985 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
16 | Jumber Patiashvili (born 1940) |
6 July 1985 | 14 April 1989 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
17 | Givi Gumbaridze (born 1945) |
14 April 1989 | 15 November 1990 | Communist Party of Georgia | First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
18 | Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993) |
15 November 1990 | 14 April 1991 | Independent | Chairman of the Supreme Council of Georgia |
as the Georgian SSR and after independence, parliamentary in 1990-1991, semi-presidential in 1991-1995, presidential in 1995-2004, semi-presidential in 2004-2005 and presidential 2005-2011. Semi-presidential in 2011-2019 and parliamentary since 2019.
- Presidents and Prime Ministers
№ | Name (Born–Died) |
Picture | Term | Time in office | Took office | Left office | Party | Government |
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1 | Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993) |
1 | 267 days | 14 April 1991 (Appointed) 26 May 1991 (Inaugurated) |
6 January 1992 (Deposed) |
Round Table—Free Georgia | ||
— | Jaba Ioseliani (1926–2003) |
64 days | 6 January 1992 | 10 March 1992 | Military | Military Council | ||
Tengiz Kitovani (1938–2023) |
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— | Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014) |
239 days | 10 March 1992 | 4 November 1992 | Independent | |||
2 days | 4 November 1992 | 6 November 1992 | ||||||
3 years, 20 days | 6 November 1992 | 26 November 1995 | ||||||
2 | 1 | 5 years | 26 November 1995 (Inaugurated) |
30 April 2000 | Union of Citizens of Georgia | |||
2 | 5 years | 30 April 2000 (Inaugurated) |
23 November 2003 (Forced to Resign) | |||||
— | Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting) |
63 days | 23 November 2003 | 25 January 2004 | United National Movement | |||
3 | Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967) |
1 | 3 years, 304 days | 25 January 2004 (Inaugurated) |
25 November 2007 (Resigned) | |||
— | Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting) |
56 days | 25 November 2007 | 20 January 2008 | ||||
(3) | Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967) |
2 | 5 years, 301 days | 20 January 2008 (Inaugurated) |
17 November 2013 | |||
10 | Bidzina Ivanishvili (born 1956) |
1 | 25 October 2012 | 20 November 2013 | 1 year, 26 days | Georgian Dream | Ivanishvili | |
11 | Irakli Garibashvili (born 1982) |
- | 20 November 2013 | 30 December 2015 | 2 years, 40 days | Georgian Dream | Garibashvili I | |
12 | Giorgi Kvirikashvili (born 1967) |
1 | 30 December 2015 | 13 June 2018 | 2 years, 165 days | Georgian Dream | Kvirikashvili I–II | |
13 | Mamuka Bakhtadze (born 1982) |
- | 20 June 2018 | 2 September 2019 | 1 year, 74 days | Georgian Dream | Bakhtadze | |
14 | Giorgi Gakharia (born 1975) |
1 | 8 September 2019 | 18 February 2021 | 1 year, 167 days | Georgian Dream | Gakharia I–II | |
15 | Irakli Garibashvili (born 1982) |
2 | 22 February 2021 | 29 January 2024 | 3 years, 275 days | Georgian Dream | Garibashvili II | |
16 | Irakli Kobakhidze (born 1978) |
- | 8 February 2024 | Incumbent | 289 days | Georgian Dream | Kobakhidze |