Mayor of Tbilisi explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Tbilisi
Native Name:თბილისის მერი
Insignia:File:Seal of Tbilisi, Georgia.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Seal of Tbilisi
Incumbent:Kakha Kaladze
Incumbentsince:13 November 2017
Type:Mayor
Reports To:Tbilisi City Assembly
Seat:Tbilisi City Hall Building, Tbilisi, Georgia
Appointer:Direct popular vote
(2010-Present)
Termlength:4 years
Constituting Instrument:Organic Law Of Georgia – Local Self-Government Code
Inaugural:Hovhannes (Ivan) Izmiryants
(as Head of Tiflis)
Tamaz Vashadze
(as Mayor of Tbilisi)
Formation:
(Head Of Tiflis)

(Mayor of Tbilisi)

The Mayor of Tbilisi is an elected politician in Tbilisi. Before 2005 the mayors used to be appointed by the central government. In 2006 first mayoral elections were held in the history of the Republic of Georgia. The first elected mayor of Tbilisi is Giorgi (Gigi) Ugulava who was re-elected in 2006 after one year of being on the position of an appointed Mayor of Tbilisi.

The role

The Mayor is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across whole Tbilisi. The plans of the mayor are scrutinised by the Tbilisi Assembly (Sakrebulo) and actioned by the different governmental bodies of the Tbilisi City Hall.

List of mayors (1991–)

  1. Tamaz Vashadze: 2 October 1991 – 6 January 1992
  2. Otar Litanishvili: 6 January 1992 – 21 January 1993
  3. Konstantine Gabashvili: 21 January 1993 – 16 October 1993
  4. Nikoloz Lekishvili: 16 October 1993 – 8 December 1995
  5. Badri Shoshitaishvili: 8 December 1995 – 8 August 1998
  6. Ivane (Vano) Zodelava: 10 August 1998 – 19 April 2004
  7. Zurab Tchiaberashvili: 19 April 2004 – 12 July 2005
  8. Gigi Ugulava: 12 July 2005 – 12 October 2006

Gigi Ugulava: 12 October 2006 – 30 May 2010
Gigi Ugulava: 30 May 2010 – 22 December 2013
Sevdia Ugrekhelidze (acting): 22 December 2013 – 2 August 2014[1]

  1. David Narmania: 2 August 2014 – 13 November 2017[2]
  2. Kakha Kaladze: 13 November 2017 – 30 October, 2021

Kakha Kaladze: 30 October, 2021[3] – present

History

Due to the sizable Armenian population of Tbilisi in 19th and 20th centuries, the office of mayor was chiefly occupied by the local Armenians, with the exception of several Georgian mayors, such as Dimitri Kipiani, Vasil Cherkezishvili and Benia Chkhikvishvili.

RankMayorDuration
1Hovhannes (Ivan) Izmiryants1840–1843
2Stepan Gabrielyan Khatisyans1844–1845
3Movses Ter-Grigoryants1845–1846
4Hovhannes Simonyants Shadinyan1847–1848
5Tovmas Davtyan Pridonyants 1848–1849
6Zakaria Stepanyan Amiraghyants 1850–1851
7Hovsep Afanasyan Mirijanyants 1851–1852
8Avetik Astvatsatryan(Bogdani) Sveshnikov 1853–1856
9Soghomon Davtyan Sarajev 1856–1857
10Andrey Davtyan Mananov 1857–1858
11Vardan Astvatsatryan Arshakuni 1858–1860
12Soghomon Zakaryan Abisoghomyan 1860–1861
1865–1866
13Soghomon Mirimanyan Mirimanyants 1861–1862
14Gevorg (Egor) Grigoryan Pridonyants 1862–1864
15Galust Harutyunyan Shermazan-Vardanyants 1864–1865
16Eremya Gevogyan Artsruni 1866–1868
17Nikoghayos Hovhannisyan Aladatyants 1868–1869
18Dmitriy Tumanyants 1869–1870
19Yazon Dmitryan Tumanyants 1870–1874
20Dimitri Ivanes Dze Kipiani1878–1879
21Anton Soghomonyan Ghorghanyants 1879
22Aleksandr Stepanyan Matinyants 1879–1891
23Nikoghayos Barseghyan Arghutyants-Erkaynabazuk 1891–1893
1895–1898
1903–1904
24Poghos Aleksandryan Izmayilyan 1893–1895
25Gevorg Grigoryan Evangulyan 1897–1901
26Aleksandr Mikaelyan Arghutyan-Erkaynabazuk Arghuntyants 1902
271904–1905
28Vasil Nikolozis Dze Cherkezishvili1907–1909
29Alexander Khatisyan1910–1917
30Benia Chkhikvishvili1918–1921

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=26813 UNM Condemns Suspending Ugulava from Mayoral Office
  2. http://agenda.ge/news/18054/eng Tbilisi’s new Mayor: David Narmania
  3. https://twitter.com/GeorgianDream41/status/1454483779335098381 According to exit polls, Mayor Kakha Kaladze was re-elected with 57.2 per cent of votes!