Post: | First Lady and First Gentleman |
Body: | Georgia |
Native Name: | საქართველოს პირველი ქალბატონები |
Incumbent: | Position Vacant |
Incumbentsince: | December 16, 2018 |
Preceded By: | Maka Chichua |
Formation: | April 14, 1991 |
Inaugural: | Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia |
First Lady or First Gentlemen of the Republic of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პირველი ქალბატონები|tr) refers to the spouse or partner of the president of Georgia.[1] The position is currently vacant under President Salome Zurabishvili, who has held the presidency since December 16, 2018. Zurabishvili husband, journalist Janri Kashia, died in 2012 before she became president.[2]
First Lady/Gentleman | Term begins | Term ends | President of Georgia | Notes |
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Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia | April 14, 1991 | January 6, 1992 | Zviad Gamsakhurdia | Inaugural first lady of independent Georgia. Gamsakhurdia was deposed in a coup on January 6, 1992 |
Position vacant | January 6, 1992 | November 26, 1995 | Presidency abolished during rule by Military Council | |
Nanuli Shevardnadze | November 25, 1995 | November 23, 2003 | Eduard Shevardnadze | |
Badri Bitsadze | November 23, 2003 | January 25, 2004 | Nino Burjanadze | |
Sandra Roelofs | January 25, 2004 | November 25, 2007 | Mikheil Saakashvili | |
Badri Bitsadze | November 25, 2007 | January 20, 2008 | Nino Burjanadze | |
Sandra Roelofs | January 20, 2008 | November 17, 2013 | Mikheil Saakashvili | |
Position vacant | November 17, 2013 | September 10, 2014 | Giorgi Margvelashvili | Margvelashvili was not married to his longtime partner, Maka Chichua, when he took office[3] [4] |
Maka Chichua | September 10, 2014 (Marriage) | December 16, 2018 | Giorgi Margvelashvili | Chichua and Margvelashvili married in Dusheti on September 10, 2014[5] [6] |
Position vacant | December 16, 2018 | Present | Salome Zurabishvili | President Zurabishvili's husband, Georgian journalist, died in 2012. |