Second Gakharia government explained

Cabinet Name:Second Gakharia government
Jurisdiction:Georgia
Cabinet Number:16th
Flag:Flag of Georgia.svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:2020-2021
Government Head:Giorgi Gakharia (GD)
State Head:Salome Zourabichvili (Independent)
Members Number:12
Political Parties:Georgian Dream
Legislature Status:Majority government
Election:2020 parliamentary election
Legislature Term:10th Parliament of Georgia (2020-2024)

The second government of Giorgi Gakharia was the government of Georgia, with Giorgi Gakharia as its head as the country's Prime Minister from 24 December 2020 to February 18, 2021. The cabinet was formed after the 2020 parliamentary elections, in which the victorious Georgian Dream party nominated Giorgi Gakharia as its candidate for prime minister for a second term.[1] Gakharia presented his cabinet to parliament on December 14.[2] The Georgian Dream backed his cabinet and approved it by a parliamentary majority on December 24.[3] The second Gakharia administration was dissolved after his resignation on February 18, 2021, over a dispute within his party on the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia.[4] The political leadership of Georgian Dream, including the party's founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, later branded Gakharia "a coward and a traitor" for stepping down.[5] Gakharia went on to form a new opposition political party.[6]

Ministers

OfficeMinisterFromToParty
Prime MinisterGiorgi Gakharia20 June 2018Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia (GDDG)
First Deputy Prime MinisterMaya Tskitishvili9 September 2019GDDG
Deputy Prime MinisterDavid Zalkaliani21 January 2021GDDG
Davit Zalkaliani20 June 2018GDDG
Irakli Garibashvili9 September 2019GDDG
Minister of Internal Affairs9 September 2019GDDG
Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social ProtectionEka Tikaradze18 June 2019GDDG
Minister of JusticeGocha Lortkipanidze24 December 2020GDDG
Minister of Education and ScienceMikheil Chkhenkeli20 June 2018 GDDG
Minister of Environmental Protection and AgricultureLevan Davitashvili20 June 2018 GDDG
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic EqualityKhetevan Tsikhelashvili20 June 2018GDDG
Minister of FinanceIvane Machavariani14 July 2018GDDG
Minister of Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentNatela Turnava18 April 2019GDGG
Maya Tskitishvili20 June 2018GDDG

Notes

  1. Web site: 2020-11-02. Georgian Dream wins a third term as the opposition calls for a boycott of parliament. 2021-10-23. New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs. en-GB.
  2. Web site: 2020-12-11. Georgian Parliament Opens Amid Opposition Boycott. 2021-10-23. Civil.ge. en-US.
  3. Web site: Georgian parliament confirms PM Gakharia’s cabinet of ministers. 2021-10-23. Agenda.ge.
  4. Web site: 2021-02-18. Georgian PM resigns over plan to arrest opposition leader. 2021-10-23. POLITICO. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2021-06-07. Georgian Dream founder Ivanishvili accuses ex-PM Gakharia of being a "traitor". 2021-10-23. English Jamnews. en-US.
  6. Web site: 2021-05-29. Former PM Gakharia Inaugurates New Political Party. 2021-10-23. Civil.ge. en-US.