The post of Prime Minister of Georgia is the most unstable job in the country. The first prime minister was chosen during the short period of Georgia's independence after the collapse of the Russian Empire. Unfortunately, today, torn apart by various contradictions and problems, suffering from corruption and clannishness in power structures, the country is not the best example of democracy. The ardent Georgian people are impatient, which is why the prime ministers of Georgia, as a rule, do not stay in their posts for a long time. Yes, and they leave it, if not with shame, then with condemnation. Some people even ended up in the dock straight from the presidency. In the meantime, in the title photo of the article, the Prime Minister of Georgia now, if anyone does not know, his name is Mamuka Bakhtadze.
First
The first prime ministers of Georgia received their positions during the period of short independence. Burning in the civil war of Russia, it was not up to business on the outskirtsformer empire. Both prime ministers of Georgia were in the same party with Ulyanov (Lenin), suffered persecution in tsarist Russia (they were in exile) like all social democrats, but in their political orientation they were those whom the Bolsheviks called Mensheviks. Both Ramishvili and Zhordania are tragic figures, both tried to fight against the advent of Soviet power in Georgia and both died in exile in Paris.
Ahead of the locomotive
As part of the USSR, Georgia had its own government, but there was no prime minister in the conventional sense. Therefore, he will not list the Soviet Georgian leaders, except for the last one, who also became the first Novo-Georgian. This is Tengiz Sigua. Moreover, his appointment to the post took place before Georgia was recognized as an independent state.
Scandalous position
Georgia is a troubled country. What was not here in the post-Soviet period: a civil war, a war with Abkhazia that considers itself independent, rampant crime, corruption scandals, a clash with the Russian army in the South Ossetian conflict… And the prime minister is always at the center of all this.
Not a place for opposition?
This is partly due to the fact that, unlike in developed democracies, where a representative of the opposition is usually invited to this position in order to pacify it and involve it in constructive work for the good of the state, and not engage in naked criticism, the prime minister becomes a direct follower of the president. This isangers rivals even more, and "nominees" do not always meet the high requirements for the second person of the state.
All prime ministers of Georgia
In the table below you can get acquainted with all the prime ministers of Georgia.
| Name | Years of life | Time in office | Party | Career |
| Noah Ramishvili | 1881-1930 | 1918 | Social Democratic Party |
Before: lawyer, Menshevik, Minister of the Interior of Transcaucasia, Minister of the Interior. After: Minister of Foreign Affairs, tried to raise an uprising against the Soviet regime in Georgia, a member of the government in exile. |
| Noah Zhordania | 1869-1953 | 1918-21 | Social Democratic Party |
Before: veterinarian, State Duma deputy. After: exiled government member. |
| Tengiz Sigua | 1934 | 1990-91, 1992-93 | CPSU, then non-partisan | Before: metallurgical engineer, scientist, institute director, |
| Murman Omanidze | 1938 | 1991 (acting) | Unaffiliated |
Before: human rights activist. After: MP, forced to leave Georgia. |
| Besarion Gugushvili | 1945 | 1991-92 | Round table - Free Georgia |
Before: linguist, economist, scientist, deputy. Minister of Culture of the Georgian SSR, President of the State Film Corporation. After: participation inunsuccessful attempt of Gomsakhurdia to return to power, emigrated to Finland. |
| Eduard Shevardnadze | 1928-2014 | 1993 (acting) | CPSU, then non-partisan |
Before: party functionary, historian, Minister of Public Order of the Georgian SSR, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR, Major General of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. After: President. Survived an attempt on his life. |
| Otari Patsatsiya | 1929 | 1993-95 | CPSU, then non-partisan | Before: Pulp and paper mill director, party functionary. |
| Niko Lekishvili | 1947 | 1995-98 | CPSU, Union of Citizens of Georgia | Before: party functionary, deputy of the Supreme Council, mayor of Tbilisi. |
| Vazha Lordkipanidze | 1949 | 1998-2000 | CPSU, Union of Citizens of Georgia |
Before: mathematician, party functionary, head of the presidential administration, ambassador to Russia. After: Professor of Tbilisi University. |
| Georgy Arsenishvili | 1942-2010 | 2000-01 | Union of Citizens of Georgia |
Before: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of University Departments. After: Ambassador to Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Member of Parliament. |
| Avtandil Jorbenadze | 1951 | 2001-03 | CPSU,Union of Citizens of Georgia | Before: doctor, KGB officer, he alth minister. |
| Zurab Zhvania | 1963-2005 | 2003-05 | Green Party, Union of Citizens of Georgia, United Democrats | Before: Biologist, Speaker of Parliament. Died under suspicious circumstances. |
| Mikhail Saakashvili | 1967 | 2005 | United National Movement |
Before: Lawyer, Member of Parliament, Minister of Justice, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Tbilisi. After: the president, left the country, put on the wanted list, adviser to the president of Ukraine, mayor of Odessa. |
| Zurab Noghaideli | 1964 | 2005-07 | United National Movement, Just Georgia | Before: Physicist, Member of Parliament, Minister of Finance. |
| Georgy Baramidze | 1968 | 2007 | Green Party, United National Movement |
Before: chemical scientist, member of parliament, minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense. After: Member of Parliament, Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration |
| Lado Gurgenidze | 1970 | 2007-08 | Unaffiliated | Before and after: financier. |
| Grigol Mgabloblishvili | 1973 | 2008-09 | Unaffiliated | Before: diplomat, employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After: country's representative to NATO. |
| Nikoloz Gilauri | 1975 | 2009-12 | Unaffiliated | Before: financier, minister of energy. |
| Vano Merabishvivili | 1968 | 2012 | United National Movement |
Before: Scientist, Member of Parliament, Assistant to the President, Minister of State Security, Minister of the Interior. After: arrested, convicted and acquitted. |
| Bidzina Ivanishvili | 1956 | 2012-13 | Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia |
Before: Doctor of Economics, entrepreneur, banker, financier, until 2004 a Russian citizen, in 2010 he received French and was deprived of Georgian (until 2012). After: businessman and investor. |
| Irakli Garibashvili | 1982 | 2013-15 | Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia | Before: Senior Business Manager. |
| Georgy Kvirikashvili | 1967 | 2015-18 | Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia | Before: financier, banker, member of parliament, minister of economy, minister of foreign affairs. |
| Mamuka Bakhtadze | 1982 | Since 2018-20-06 | Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia | Before: Senior Business Manager, Director of Georgian Railway, Minister of Finance, PhD. |
What is in the Constitution?
The candidacy of the Prime Minister is nominated by the President of Georgia for approval to the Parliament of the country. approved premierforms the government of the country (Cabinet of Ministers), which he leads, which is his main task. First of all, he is accountable to the president of the country, although he can be called to the "carpet" in parliament. May be removed from his post by the President, at the request of Parliament (in agreement with the President) and resign at his own request.
Another Prime Minister of Georgia resigns
This news spread in mid-June of this year. Having been in this post for almost three years, batoni (Georgian for "master") Kvirikashvili really left the post. And again, according to the old Georgian tradition, with a scandal. According to experts, the reason was the ongoing protests of Tbilisi residents who support fellow countryman Zaza Saralidze.
In December last year, a fight between teenagers took place on Tbilisi's Khorava Street, ending in a stabbing. Levan Dadunashvili and David Saralidze were killed. The investigation detained two suspects, while the father of the deceased claims that two more teenagers, children of high-ranking officials, were involved in the murder. In addition, the court dropped the charges against the suspects. In addition, the investigation was accompanied by a number of very suspicious circumstances. Like, a knife bent on cardboard (?!) during an investigative experiment, with which Dadunashvili was killed. David's father swore on his son's grave that he would die if he did not achieve justice.
According to the Constitution, the resignation of the prime minister also means the "death" of the government: all ministers are in factautomatically lose their powers. True, they will still perform their functions until the new prime minister forms a new Cabinet of Ministers.
However, Kvirikashvili himself described the reason for the resignation not as a consequence of the Saralidze case, but as a loss of team spirit in the government.
The duties of the head of government until the approval of its new composition and the introduction of the new Prime Minister of Georgia will be performed by the current Minister of Internal Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
New prime minister - new Cabinet
And the Parliament of Georgia has already named Mamuka Bakhtadze as Prime Minister of Georgia. The former director of the Georgian Railway and until recently the Minister of Finance of Georgia is still the prime minister without a portfolio. Georgian Prime Minister Bakhtadze will fully come into his own when he submits the new composition of the government to the president for approval.
