Post: | First Vice Prime Minister |
Body: | Georgia |
Native Name: | პირველი ვიცე პრემიერი |
Insignia: | Greater coat of arms of Georgia.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Georgia |
Incumbent: | Levan Davitashvili |
Incumbentsince: | 12 February 2024 |
Department: | Cabinet of Georgia |
Appointer: | Prime Minister |
First: | Irakli Alasania |
Post: | Vice Prime Minister |
Body: | Georgia |
Native Name: | ვიცე პრემიერი |
Insignia: | Greater coat of arms of Georgia.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Georgia |
Incumbent: | Thea Tsulukiani (Left) Irakli Chikovani (Right) |
Incumbentsince: | 12 July 2021 (Tsulukiani); 12 February 2024 (Chikovani) |
Department: | Cabinet of Georgia |
Appointer: | Prime Minister |
Vice Prime Minister of Georgia (Georgian: ვიცე პრემიერ მინისტრი|tr), Sometimes translated as Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia, is the official position in the Georgian Cabinet. The office of the Vice Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister.[1]
The Prime Minister may assign to one of the ministers the duty of the First Vice-Prime Minister, and to one or more other ministers the duty of the Vice-Prime Minister.The First Vice-Prime Minister shall perform the duty of the Prime Minister in his/her absence and in other cases provided for by law, as well as in respect of certain individual assignments.The Vice-Prime Minister(s) shall coordinate the exercise of executive power in the field of public management as established by an order of the Prime Minister.[2]
The Post of the First Vice Prime Minister was vacant from February 2021 to February 2024, after Maya Tskitishvili resigned from the position in February 2021.
Since February 2024, the first Vice Prime Minister is Levan Davitashvili, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia.[3]
Current Vice Prime Ministers are Thea Tsulukiani, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia, and Irakli Chikovani, Minister of Defence of Georgia