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
Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) 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 |
Republic of Georgia edit
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)(acting) |
- | 20 November 2013 | 30 December 2015 | 2 years, 40 days | Georgian Dream | Garibashvili I | |
12 | Giorgi Kvirikashvili (born 1967)(acting) |
1 | 30 December 2015 | 13 June 2018 | 2 years, 165 days | Georgian Dream | Kvirikashvili I–II | |
13 | Mamuka Bakhtadze (born 1982)(acting) |
- | 20 June 2018 | 2 September 2019 | 1 year, 74 days | Georgian Dream | Bakhtadze | |
14 | Giorgi Gakharia (born 1975)(acting) |
1 | 8 September 2019 | 18 February 2021 | 1 year, 167 days | Georgian Dream | Gakharia I–II | |
15 | Irakli Garibashvili (born 1982)(acting) |
2 | 22 February 2021 | 29 January 2024 | 3 years, 73 days | Georgian Dream | Garibashvili II | |
16 | Irakli Kobakhidze (born 1978)(acting) |
- | 8 February 2024 | Incumbent | 87 days | Georgian Dream | Kobakhidze |