List of leaders of Georgia (country) explained

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)

Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)

PictureName
(Birth–Death)
Began officeLeft officePartyTitle(s)
1Nikolay Chkheidze
(1864–1926)
26 May 191816 March 1921Social Democratic Party of GeorgiaPresident of Parliamentary Assemblies (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic)
1Noe Ramishvili
(1881–1930)
26 May 191824 June 1918Social Democratic Party of GeorgiaPresident of Government (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic)
1Noe Zhordania
(1868–1953)
24 June 191818 March 1921Social Democratic Party of GeorgiaPresident of Government (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic)

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1990)

PictureName
(Birth–Death)
Began officeLeft officePartyTitle(s)
1Mamia Orakhelashvili
(1881–1937)
16 March 1921April 1922Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
2Mikheil Okudzhava24 May 192222 October 1922Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
3Vissarion Lominadze
(1897–1935)
22 October 1922August 1924Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
4Mikheil Kakhiani
(1896–1937)
August 1924May 1930Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
5Levan Gogoberidze
(1896–1937)
May 193019 November 1930Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
6Samson Mamulia
(1892–1937)
19 November 193011 September 1931Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
7Lavrenty Kartvelishvili (1890–1938)11 September 193114 November 1931Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
8Lavrentiy Beria
(1899–1953)
14 November 193118 October 1932Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
9Petre Agniashvili18 October 193215 January 1934Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
10Lavrentiy Beria
(1899–1953)
15 January 193431 August 1938Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
11Candide Charkviani
(1907–1994)
31 August 19382 April 1952Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
12Akaki Mgeladze
(1910–1980)
2 April 195214 April 1953Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
13Aleksandre Mirtskhulava
(1911–2009)
14 April 195319 September 1953Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
14Vasil Mzhavanadze
(1902–1988)
20 September 195329 September 1972Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
15Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)
29 September 19726 July 1985Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
16Jumber Patiashvili
(born 1940)
6 July 198514 April 1989Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
17Givi Gumbaridze
(born 1945)
14 April 198915 November 1990Communist Party of GeorgiaFirst secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
18Zviad Gamsakhurdia
(1939–1993)
15 November 199014 April 1991IndependentChairman of the Supreme Council of Georgia

Republic 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)
PictureTermTime in officeTook officeLeft officePartyGovernment
1Zviad Gamsakhurdia
(1939–1993)
114 April 1991
(Appointed)
26 May 1991
(Inaugurated)
6 January 1992
(Deposed)
Round Table—Free Georgia
Jaba Ioseliani
(1926–2003)
6 January 199210 March 1992Military Council
Tengiz Kitovani
(1938–2023)
Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)
10 March 19924 November 1992Independent
4 November 19926 November 1992
6 November 199226 November 1995
215 years26 November 1995
(Inaugurated)
30 April 2000Union of Citizens of Georgia
25 years30 April 2000
(Inaugurated)
23 November 2003
(Forced to Resign)
Nino Burjanadze
(born 1964)
(acting)
23 November 200325 January 2004United National Movement
3Mikheil Saakashvili
(born 1967)
125 January 2004
(Inaugurated)
25 November 2007 (Resigned)
Nino Burjanadze
(born 1964)
(acting)
25 November 200720 January 2008
(3)Mikheil Saakashvili
(born 1967)
220 January 2008
(Inaugurated)
17 November 2013
10Bidzina Ivanishvili
(born 1956)
125 October 201220 November 2013Georgian DreamIvanishvili
11Irakli Garibashvili
(born 1982)(acting)
-20 November 201330 December 2015Georgian DreamGaribashvili I
12Giorgi Kvirikashvili
(born 1967)(acting)
130 December 201513 June 2018Georgian DreamKvirikashvili III
13Mamuka Bakhtadze
(born 1982)(acting)
-20 June 20182 September 2019Georgian DreamBakhtadze
14Giorgi Gakharia
(born 1975)(acting)
18 September 201918 February 2021Georgian DreamGakharia III
15Irakli Garibashvili
(born 1982)(acting)
222 February 202129 January 2024Georgian DreamGaribashvili II
16Irakli Kobakhidze
(born 1978)(acting)
-8 February 2024IncumbentGeorgian DreamKobakhidze

See also