Prime Minister of Georgia

The **Prime Minister of Georgia** is the most senior minister within the Cabinet of Georgia. He is appointed by the President of Georgia.

Georgia has had 42 Prime Ministers since 1918.

## Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)

- **Prime ministers**
||Picture|Name <small>(Birth–Death)</small>|Began office|Left office|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Noe Ramishvili <small>(1881–1930)</small>|26 May 1918|24 June 1918|Social Democratic Party of Georgia|Chairman of Government||
||Noe Zhordania <small>(1868–1953)</small>|24 June 1918|18 March 1921|Social Democratic Party of Georgia|Chairman of Government||

## Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)

||Picture|Name <small>(Birth–Death)</small>|Began office|Left office|Party|Title(s)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Polikarp Mdivani <small>(1887–1937)</small>|7 March 1922|April 1922|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars||||
|||Sergey Kavtaradze <small>(1885–1971)</small>|April 1922|January 1923|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars|||
||Shalva Eliava <small>(1883–1937)</small>|January 1923|June 1927|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars||||
||Lavrenty Kartvelishvili <small>(1890–1938)</small>|June 1927|June 1929|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars||||
||Filipp Makharadze <small>(1886–1941)</small>|June 1929|January 1931|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars||||
||Levan Sukhishvili|January 1931|22 September 1931|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars||||
||German Mgaloblishvili <small>(?–1937)</small>|22 September 1931|9 July 1937 (executed)|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars||||
|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Valerian Bakradze <small>(1901–1971)</small>|9 July 1937|15 April 1946|rowspan=2|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars|
|15 April 1946|December 1946|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers|||||||
||Zakhary Chkhubianishvili <small>(1903–?)</small>|December 1946|6 April 1952|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||Zakhary Ketskhoveli <small>(1902–1970)</small>|6 April 1952|16 April 1953|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||Valerian Bakradze <small>(1901–1971)</small>|16 April 1953|20 September 1953|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||Givi Javakhishvili <small>(1912–1985)</small>|21 September 1953|17 December 1975|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||<small>(1928–1982)</small>|17 December 1975|5 June 1982|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||<small>(1927–2009)</small>|2 July 1982|12 April 1986|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||<small>(1933–2004)</small>|12 April 1986|29 March 1989|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||<small>(1930–2007)</small>|29 March 1989|14 April 1989|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||<small>(1935–)</small>|14 April 1989|15 November 1990|Communist Party of Georgia|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||
||Tengiz Sigua <small>(1934–2020)</small>|15 November 1990|18 August 1991|Independent|Chairmen of the Council of Ministers||||

## Georgia (since 1991)

- **Prime ministers**
|No.|Name <small>(Born–Died)</small>|Picture|Took Office|Left Office|Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Murman Omanidze <small>(1938–2020)</small> _(acting)_||18 August 1991|23 August 1991|Independent||
|Besarion Gugushvili <small>(1945–)</small>||23 August 1991|6 January 1992|Round Table—Free Georgia||
|Tengiz Sigua <small>(1934–2020)</small>||6 January 1992|6 August 1993|Independent||
|Eduard Shevardnadze <small>(1928–2014)</small> _(acting)_||6 August 1993|20 August 1993|Independent||

### Georgia (1995–present)

|No.|Name <small>(Born–Died)</small>|Picture|Took Office|Left Office|Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Niko Lekishvili <small>(1947–)</small>||8 December 1995|26 July 1998|Union of Citizens of Georgia||
|Vazha Lortkipanidze <small>(1949–)</small>||31 July 1998|11 May 2000|Union of Citizens of Georgia||
|Giorgi Arsenishvili <small>(1942–2010)</small>||11 May 2000|21 December 2001|Union of Citizens of Georgia||
|Avtandil Jorbenadze <small>(1951–)</small>||21 December 2001|7 November 2003|Union of Citizens of Georgia||
|Zurab Zhvania <small>(1963–2005)</small>||7 November 2003|17 February 2004|United National Movement||

- **Prime ministers**
|No.|Name <small>(Born–Died)</small>|Picture|Took Office|Left Office|Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Zurab Zhvania <small>(1963–2005)</small>||17 February 2004|3 February 2005|United National Movement||
|Mikheil Saakashvili <small>(1967–)</small> _(acting)_||3 February 2005|17 February 2005|United National Movement||
|Zurab Noghaideli <small>(1964–)</small>||17 February 2005|16 November 2007|United National Movement||
|Giorgi Baramidze <small>(1968–)</small> _(acting)_||16 November 2007|22 November 2007|United National Movement||
|Lado Gurgenidze <small>(1970–)</small>||22 November 2007|1 November 2008|Independent||
|Grigol Mgaloblishvili <small>(1973–)</small>||1 November 2008|6 February 2009|Independent||
|Nika Gilauri <small>(1975–)</small>||6 February 2009|4 July 2012|Independent||
|Vano Merabishvili <small>(1968–)</small>||4 July 2012|25 October 2012|United National Movement||
|Bidzina Ivanishvili <small>(1956–)</small>||25 October 2012|20 November 2013|Georgian Dream||
|Irakli Garibashvili <small>(1982–)</small>||20 November 2013|30 December 2015|Georgian Dream||
|Giorgi Kvirikashvili <small>(1967–)</small>||30 December 2015|13 June 2018|Georgian Dream||
|Mamuka Bakhtadze <small>(1982–)</small>||20 June 2018|2 September 2019|Georgian Dream||
|Giorgi Gakharia <small>(1975–)</small>||8 September 2019|18 February 2021|Georgian Dream||
|Irakli Garibashvili <small>(1982–)</small>||22 February 2021|29 January 2024|Georgian Dream||
|Irakli Kobakhidze <small>(1978–)</small>||8 February 2024|present|Georgian Dream||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: Georgia
- **insignia**: Greater coat of arms of Georgia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Georgia (country), Coat of Arms of Georgia
- **image**: Irakli Kobakhidze and Volodymyr Groysman 01 cropped.jpg
- **incumbent**: Irakli Kobakhidze
- **incumbentsince**: 8 February 2024
- **formation**: 23 August 1991
- **inaugural**: Noe Ramishvili