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.
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) |
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 | 14 April 1991 (Appointed) 26 May 1991 (Inaugurated) | 6 January 1992 (Deposed) | Round Table—Free Georgia | ||||
— | Jaba Ioseliani (1926–2003) | 6 January 1992 | 10 March 1992 | Military Council | |||||
Tengiz Kitovani (1938–2023) | |||||||||
— | Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014) | 10 March 1992 | 4 November 1992 | Independent | |||||
4 November 1992 | 6 November 1992 | ||||||||
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) | 23 November 2003 | 25 January 2004 | United National Movement | |||||
3 | Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967) | 1 | 25 January 2004 (Inaugurated) | 25 November 2007 (Resigned) | |||||
— | Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting) | 25 November 2007 | 20 January 2008 | ||||||
(3) | Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967) | 2 | 20 January 2008 (Inaugurated) | 17 November 2013 | |||||
10 | Bidzina Ivanishvili (born 1956) | 1 | 25 October 2012 | 20 November 2013 | Georgian Dream | Ivanishvili | |||
11 | Irakli Garibashvili (born 1982)(acting) | - | 20 November 2013 | 30 December 2015 | Georgian Dream | Garibashvili I | |||
12 | Giorgi Kvirikashvili (born 1967)(acting) | 1 | 30 December 2015 | 13 June 2018 | Georgian Dream | Kvirikashvili I–II | |||
13 | Mamuka Bakhtadze (born 1982)(acting) | - | 20 June 2018 | 2 September 2019 | Georgian Dream | Bakhtadze | |||
14 | Giorgi Gakharia (born 1975)(acting) | 1 | 8 September 2019 | 18 February 2021 | Georgian Dream | Gakharia I–II | |||
15 | Irakli Garibashvili (born 1982)(acting) | 2 | 22 February 2021 | 29 January 2024 | Georgian Dream | Garibashvili II | |||
16 | Irakli Kobakhidze (born 1978)(acting) | - | 8 February 2024 | Incumbent | Georgian Dream | Kobakhidze |