Prime Minister of Georgia

Prime Minister of Georgia
Incumbent
Mamuka Bakhtadze
since 20 June 2018
Appointer Giorgi Margvelashvili,
as President of Georgia
Inaugural holder Bessarion Gugushvili
Formation 23 August 1991
Georgia
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Georgia

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 Mamuka Bakhtadze. Georgia has had 40 Prime Ministers since 1918.

List of Heads of Government of Georgia (1918–present)

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 Prime Minister
2 Noe Zhordania
(1868–1953)		 24 June 1918 18 March 1921 Social Democratic Party of Georgia Prime Minister


Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)

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 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
(1928–1982)		 17 December 1975 5 June 1982 Communist Party of Georgia Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
14 Dmitry Kartvelishvili
(1927–)		 2 July 1982 12 April 1986 Communist Party of Georgia Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
15 Otar Cherkezia
(1933–)		 12 April 1986 29 March 1989 Communist Party of Georgia Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
16 Zurab Chkheidze
(1930–)		 29 March 1989 14 April 1989 Communist Party of Georgia Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
17 Nodari Chitanava
(1935–)		 14 April 1989 15 November 1990 Communist Party of Georgia Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
18 Tengiz Sigua
(1934–)		 15 November 1990 18 August 1991 Independent Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

Republic of Georgia (1991–present)

Prime Ministers
№ Name
(Born–Died)		 Picture Took Office Left Office Party
— Murman Omanidze
(1938–)
(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–)		 6 January 1992 6 August 1993 Independent
— Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)
(acting)		 6 August 1993 20 August 1993 Independent
3 Otar Patsatsia
(1929–)		 20 August 1993 5 October 1995 Independent
State Ministers
№ 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 27 November 2003 Union of Citizens of Georgia
5 Zurab Zhvania
(1963–2005)		 27 November 2003 17 February 2004 United National Movement
Prime Ministers
№ 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 Incumbent Georgian Dream

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