Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia explained

Post:Chairperson
Body:the Parliament of Georgia
Insignia:Parliament of Georgia Logo.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Logo of The Parliament of Georgia
Incumbent:Shalva Papuashvili
Incumbentsince:December 29, 2021
Style:Mr. Chairman
(informal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)
Member Of:The Parliament of Georgia
Seat:Georgian Parliament Building
Tbilisi,
Georgia
Nominator:Parliamentary Majority
Appointer:Parliament of Georgia
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Georgia
First:Eduard Shevardnadze

The chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პარლამენტის თავმჯდომარე|tr) is the presiding officer (speaker) of the Parliament of Georgia. The incumbent speaker is Shalva Papuashvili, since December 29, 2021.

Predecessors of the Parliament of Georgia were the National Council (May 1918  - October 1918), the Parliamentary Assembly (provisional) (1918 - 1919), the Constituent Assembly (1919 - 1921), the Parliament (1921), the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921 - 1990) and the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia (1990 - 1992).

The maximum remuneration of the chairperson is 13,000 lari per month.

The chairperson of the Parliament becomes the acting president of Georgia if the president vacates the office before the expiration of their term due to death, resignation or removal from office. Nino Burjanadze is the only speaker to have served as acting president, she did so on two occasions: after the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003 and after President Mikhail Saakashvili briefly left office and called an early election due to political unrest.

List of chairpersons

Chairman of the National Council

Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly

Chairman of the Constituent Assembly

Chairman of the Parliament

Chairmen of the Supreme Council

Name
(Born–Died)
PictureTook officeLeft officeParty
1Zviad Gamsakhurdia
(1939–1993)
14 November 199014 April 1991Round Table — Free Georgia
2Akaki Asatiani
(1953–)
14 April 19916 January 1992Union of Georgian Traditionalists

Speakers of the Parliament of Georgia

!!Name
(Born–Died)!Picture!Took office!Left office!Party
1
(1940–2007)
4 November 199225 November 1995Union of Citizens of Georgia

Chairman of the Georgian Parliament

Name
(Born–Died)
PictureTook officeLeft officeParty
1Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)
4 November 199225 November 1995Independent
2Zurab Zhvania
(1963–2005)
25 November 199520 November 1999Union of Citizens of Georgia
20 November 19991 November 2001
3 ! style="background: 3 Nino Burjanadze
(1964–)
9 November 200122 April 2004Union of Citizens of Georgia

Burjanadze-Democrats

United National Movement
(3) ! style="background:#e4012e (3) 22 April 20047 June 2008United National Movement
4 ! style="background:#e4012e 4Davit Bakradze
(1972–)
7 June 200821 October 2012United National Movement
5 ! style="background:#F6741E 5David Usupashvili
(1968–)
21 October 201218 November 2016Republican Party of Georgia (Georgian Dream)
6 ! style="background:#2044BC 6Irakli Kobakhidze
(1978–)
18 November 201621 June 2019Georgian Dream
7 ! style="background:#2044BC -Tamar Chugoshvili (acting)
(1984–)
21 June 201925 June 2019Georgian Dream
8 ! style="background:#2044BC 7Archil Talakvadze
(1983–)
25 June 201924 April 2021Georgian Dream
9 ! style="background:#2044BC 8Kakha Kutchava
(1979–)
27 April 202124 December 2021Georgian Dream
10 ! style="background:#2044BC 9Shalva Papuashvili
(1976–)
29 December 2021Georgian Dream

See also