First Kvirikashvili government explained

Cabinet Name:Kvirikashvili government
Jurisdiction:Georgia
Cabinet Number:12th
Flag:Flag of Georgia.svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:2015-2016
Government Head:Giorgi Kvirikashvili (GD)
State Head:Giorgi Margvelashvili (GD)
Members Number:20
Legislature Status:Majority government
Election:2012 parliamentary election
Legislature Term:8th Parliament of Georgia (2012–2016)

The first government of Giorgi Kvirikashvili was the government of Georgia, led by Giorgi Kvirikashvili as the Prime Minister. It was nominated by the ruling Georgian Dream coalition after the preceding Garibashvili government was dissolved following Garibashvili's resignation and won the confidence vote in the Parliament of Georgia overnight from December 29 to December 30, 2015.[1] On 26 November 2016, after the October 2016 parliamentary election, the second Kvirikashvili government was approved by the Parliament.[2]

List of ministers and portfolios

PortfolioMinisterPeriodParty
Prime MinisterGiorgi KvirikashviliDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
First Deputy Prime MinisterDimitri KumsishviliDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Deputy Prime MinisterKakha KaladzeDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister of FinanceNodar KhaduriDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister of Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentDimitri KumsishviliDecember 30, 2015 Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister for Labor, Healthcare and Social AffairsDavid SergeenkoDecember 30, 2015 – None
Minister of EnergyKakha KaladzeDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister of Internal AffairsDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister of JusticeTea TsulukianiDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Mikheil JanelidzeDecember 30, 2015 – None
Minister of Education and ScienceTamar Sanikidze
Aleksandre Jejelava
December 30, 2015 – 3 June
June 3, 2016-
None
Minister for IDPs, Accommodation and RefugeesSozar SubariDecember 30, 2015 Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister of Environment Protection and Natural ResourcesDecember 30, 2015 – ex-Republican Party of Georgia
Tinatin Khidasheli
Levan Izoria
December 30, 2015 – August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016 –
Republican Party of Georgia
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December 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
Minister of AgricultureOtar Danelia
Levan Davitashvili
December 30, 2015 – September 9, 2016
September 9, 2016 –
Minister of Corrections and Legal AssistanceKakhi KakhishviliDecember 30, 2015 –
Minister of Culture and Monument ProtectionMikheil GiorgadzeDecember 30, 2015 –
Minister of Sport and Youth AffairsTariel KhechikashviliDecember 30, 2015 – Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic IntegrationDavit BakradzeNovember 15, 2014 –Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia
State Minister for ReintegrationPaata Zakareishvili
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili
December 30, 2015 – August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016 –
Republican Party of Georgia
State Minister on the Diaspora IssuesGela DumbadzeDecember 30, 2015 –

Notes and References

  1. News: Kvirikashvili Confirmed as New Prime Minister. 30 December 2015. Civil Georgia. 30 December 2015.
  2. News: Georgia’s Parliament approves new Government. 27 November 2016. agenda.ge. 26 November 2016.