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{{Short description|Head of government of Georgia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{refimprove|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = Georgia
| native_name = {{native name|ka|საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი}}
| insignia = Greater coat of arms of Georgia.svg
| insigniasize = 
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Georgia (country)|Coat of arms of Georgia]]
| insigniaalt = 
| flag = 
| flagsize = 
| flagalt = 
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = 
| image = Irakli Kobakhidze 2024b (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 
| alt = 
| imagecaption = 
| incumbent = [[Irakli Kobakhidze]]{{efn|Due to the disputed [[2024 Georgian parliamentary election]], Kobakhidze is no longer recognized as a legitimate Prime Minister of Georgia by all elected opposition parties, outgoing president [[Salome Zourabichvili]], and Georgian constitutional experts.}}
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = 8 February 2024
| department = [[State Chancellery of Georgia|Administration of the Government of Georgia]]
| style = {{plainlist|
* [[Mister|Mr. Prime Minister]] (informal)
* [[Excellency|His Excellency]] (diplomatic)
}}
| type = [[Head of government]]
| status = 
| abbreviation = 
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Government of Georgia (country)|Cabinet]]|[[National Security Council (Georgia)|National Security Council]]}}
| reports_to = [[Parliament of Georgia|Parliament]]
| residence = 
| seat = [[State Chancellery of Georgia|State Chancellery]]
| nominator = Parliament
| appointer = [[President of Georgia|President]]
| appointer_qualified =
| termlength = No fixed term length
| termlength_qualified = 
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Georgia (country)|Constitution of Georgia]]
| precursor = 
| formation = {{start date and age|1918|05|26|df=yes}}
| first = [[Noe Ramishvili]] ([[Georgian Democratic Republic]])
| last = 
| abolished = 
| superseded_by = 
| succession = 
| unofficial_names = 
| deputy = [[Vice Prime Minister of Georgia|First Deputy Prime Minister]]
| salary = 13,000 [[Georgian lari|GEL]]/US$ 5,019 per month<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.transparency.ge/sites/default/files/labor-remuneration.pdf | title=Changes to the Rule of Labor Remuneration in Public Institutions | website=www.transparency.ge}}</ref>
| website = {{url|https://www.gov.ge/en/prime-minister|Official website}}
| footnotes = 
}}
{{Politics of Georgia (country)}}

The '''prime minister of Georgia''' ({{lang-ka|საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი|tr}}) is the [[head of government]] and chief executive of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].

In Georgia, the [[President of Georgia|president]] is a ceremonial head of state and mainly acts as a figurehead. The executive power is vested in the [[Government of Georgia (country)|government]]. The prime minister organizes, directs, and controls the functions of the government. They also sign legal acts and appoint and dismiss cabinet ministers. The prime minister represents Georgia in foreign relations and concludes international treaties on behalf of Georgia. They are accountable for the activities of the government before the [[Parliament of Georgia]].<ref name="con55">{{cite constitution |article=55 |clause= |section= 1–5|polity=Georgia (country) |date= 2018 }}</ref> 

The prime minister is nominated by a political party that has secured the best results in the parliamentary election. The nominee must win the confidence vote of the Parliament.

The current prime minister is [[Irakli Kobakhidze]], who was nominated by the ruling [[Georgian Dream]] party on 2 February and his [[Second Kobakhidze government|government]] was approved on 8 February, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-02-01|title=Ruling party congress elects outgoing PM as new Chair, nominates replacement|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2024/330|access-date=2024-02-04|website=Agenda.ge|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-02-01|title=
Candidate for PM to present Gov't programme to Parliament|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2024/343|access-date=2024-02-04|website=Agenda.ge|language=en-US}}</ref>
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== History ==
The office of prime minister under the name of the chairman of government was introduced in [[Democratic Republic of Georgia|Georgia]] upon its declaration of independence in May 1918. It was abolished with the Soviet takeover of the country in February 1921. The newly independent Georgia established the position of prime minister in August 1991, only to be abolished de facto in the aftermath of the January 1992 military coup and legally in the 1995 Constitution. The office was reintroduced in the February 2004 constitutional amendment and further modified as a result of series of amendments passed between 2012 and 2018.

From the office's reestablishment in 2004 and throughout the presidency of [[Mikheil Saakashvili]], the prime minister was appointed by the president and served as his chief adviser, while the President  exercised most of the executive powers. However, after the entry into force of the 2012 and 2018 constitutional amendments, that instituted Georgia as a [[parliamentary republic]], the president's executive powers were eliminated and transferred to the prime minister. 

== Qualifications ==
The office of prime minister may not be held by a citizen of Georgia who is simultaneously the citizen of another country.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=25 |clause= |section= 2|polity=Georgia (country) |date= 2018 }}</ref>

== Appointment ==
The prime minister is nominated by a political party that has secured the best results in the parliamentary election. The nominee for premiership and his ministerial candidates must win the confidence vote of the Parliament and then, within 2 days of a vote of confidence, be formally appointed by the president of Georgia. If the president does not appoint the prime minister within the established time frame, the prime minister will be appointed automatically. If the parliamentary vote of confidence is not passed within the established time frame, the president dissolves the Parliament no earlier than two weeks and no later than three weeks after the respective time frame has expired, and calls extraordinary parliamentary election.<ref name="con56">{{cite constitution |article=56 |clause= |section= 1–5|polity=Georgia (country) |date= 2018 }}</ref>

== Functions ==
The prime minister of Georgia is the head of the government, responsible for government activities and appointment and dismissal of ministers. They are accountable before the parliament. The prime minister signs the legal acts of the government<ref name="con55"/> and countersigns some of the acts issued by the president of Georgia.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=53 |clause= |section= 2|polity=Georgia (country)|date= 2018 }}</ref>

The prime minister has the right to use the [[Military of Georgia (country)|defense forces]] without the Parliament's approval during martial law.<ref>{{cite constitution |article=72 |clause= |section= 1|polity=Georgia (country) |date= 2018 }}</ref> During the martial law, the prime minister becomes a member of the National Defense Council, a consultative body chaired by the [[president of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite constitution |article=73 |clause= |section= 1|polity=Georgia (country) |date= 2018 }}</ref> Although it is the president who is officially the commander-in-chief, in practice, the military is managed by the Government and prime minister.

The prime minister is also the head of the [[National Security Council of Georgia|National Security Council.]]

==List of officeholders==

===Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)===
====Chairman of Government (1918–1921)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Elected
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 1
| [[File:Noe Besarionis dze Ramishvili.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Noe Ramishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(1881–1930)}}
| 26 May 1918
| 24 June 1918
| {{ayd|1918|05|26|1918|06|24}}
| style="background:#8B0000|
| [[Social Democratic Party of Georgia]]
| 
| 
|-
| 2
| [[File:Noe Schordania.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Noe Zhordania]]'''<br />{{small|(1868–1953)}}
| 24 June 1918
| 18 March 1921
| {{ayd|1918|06|24|1921|03|18}}
| style="background:#8B0000|
| [[Social Democratic Party of Georgia]]
| [[1919 Georgian parliamentary election|1919]]
|
|}

===Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1990)===
====Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars (1921–1946)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Elected
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office 
|-
| 1
| [[File:Polikarp Mdivani.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Polikarp Mdivani]]'''<br />{{small|(1887–1937)}}
| 7 March 1922
| 19 April 1922
| {{ayd|1922|03|07|1922|04|19}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 2
| [[File:Sergey Kavtaradze.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Sergey Kavtaradze]]'''<br />{{small|(1885–1971)}}
| 19 April 1922
| 21 January 1923
| {{ayd|1922|04|19|1923|01|21}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 3
| [[File:Shalva Eliava - 2.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Shalva Eliava]]'''<br />{{small|(1883–1937)}}
| 21 January 1923
| 14 June 1927
| {{ayd|1923|01|21|1927|06|14}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 4
| [[File:L I Lavrentiev Kartvelishvili.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Lavrenty Kartvelishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(1890–1938)}}
| 14 June 1927
| 7 June 1929
| {{ayd|1927|06|14|1929|06|07}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 5
| [[File:Filipp Makharadze.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Filipp Makharadze]]'''<br />{{small|(1886–1941)}}
| 1 June 1929
| 20 January 1931
| {{ayd|1929|06|01|1931|01|20}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 6
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Levan Sukhishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(?–?)}}
| 20 January 1931
| 22 September 1931
| {{ayd|1931|01|20|1931|09|22}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 7
| [[File:German Mgaloblishvili Вручение орденов ЦИК СССР (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[German Mgaloblishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(?–1937)}}
| 22 September 1931
| 9 July 1937
| {{ayd|1931|09|22|1937|07|09}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 8
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Valerian Bakradze]]'''<br />{{small|(1901–1971)}}
| 9 July 1937
| 15 April 1946
| {{ayd|1937|07|09|1946|04|15}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| [[1938 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1938]]
| 
|}

====Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1946–1990)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Elected
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 8
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Valerian Bakradze]]'''<br />{{small|(1901–1971)}}
| 15 April 1946
| 26 March 1947
| {{ayd|1946|04|15|1947|03|26}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 9
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''{{ill|Zakhary Chkhubianishvili|ka|ზაქარია ჩხუბიანიშვილი}}'''<br />{{small|(1903–1980)}}
| 26 March 1947
| 6 April 1952
| {{ayd|1947|03|26|1952|04|06}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| [[1947 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1947]]
| 
|-
| 10
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Zakhary Ketskhoveli]]'''<br />{{small|(1902–1970)}}
| 6 April 1952
| 16 April 1953
| {{ayd|1952|04|06|1953|04|16}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| [[1951 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1951]]
| 
|-
| (8)
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Valerian Bakradze]]'''<br />{{small|(1901–1971)}}
| 16 April 1953
| 20 September 1953
| {{ayd|1953|04|16|1953|09|20}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 11
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Givi Javakhishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(1912–1985)}}
| 21 September 1953
| 17 December 1975
| {{ayd|1953|09|20|1975|12|17}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| [[1955 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1955]]<br />[[1959 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1959]]<br />[[1963 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1963]]<br />[[1967 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1967]]<br />[[1971 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1971]]
| 
|-
| 12
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''Zurab Pataridze'''<br />{{small|(1928–1982)}}
| 17 December 1975
| 5 June 1982
| {{ayd|1975|12|17|1982|06|05}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| [[1975 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1975]]<br />[[1980 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1980]]
| 
|-
| 13
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''{{ill|Dmitry Kartvelishvili|ru|Картвелишвили, Дмитрий Леванович}}'''<br />{{small|(1927–2009)}}
| 2 July 1982
| 12 April 1986
| {{ayd|1982|07|02|1986|04|12}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 15
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''{{ill|Otar Cherkezia|ru|Черкезия, Отар Евтихиевич}}'''<br />{{small|(1933–2004)}}
| 12 April 1986
| 29 March 1989
| {{ayd|1986|04|12|1989|03|29}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| [[1985 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1985]]
| 
|-
| 16
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''{{ill|Zurab Chkheidze|ru|Чхеидзе, Зураб Амвросиевич}}'''<br />{{small|(1930–2007)}}
| 29 March 1989
| 14 April 1989
| {{ayd|1989|03|29|1989|04|14}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| 17
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''{{ill|Nodari Chitanava|ru|Читанава, Нодари Амросиевич}}'''<br />{{small|(born 1936)}}
| 14 April 1989
| 15 November 1990
| {{ayd|1989|04|14|1990|11|15}}
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|
| [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Georgia]]
| —
| 
|}

===Georgia (since 1990)===
====Prime minister (1990–1995)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Elected
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 1
| [[File:Tengiz Sigua.png|80px]]
| '''[[Tengiz Sigua]]'''<br />{{small|(1934–2020)}}
| 15 November 1990
| 18 August 1991
| {{ayd|1990|11|15|1991|08|18}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[All-Georgian Rustaveli Society|Rustaveli Society]]
| [[1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election|1990]]
| 
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| —
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Murman Omanidze]]'''<br />{{small|(1938–2020)<br />''acting''}}
| 18 August 1991
| 23 August 1991
| {{ayd|1991|08|18|1991|08|23}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
| 
|-
| 2
| [[File:Besarion Gugushvili.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Besarion Gugushvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1945)}}
| 23 August 1991
| 6 January 1992{{efn|Prime Minister of the rebel government at [[Zugdidi]] 24 September—6 November 1993}}
| {{ayd|1991|08|23|1992|01|06}}
| style="background:{{party color|Round Table—Free Georgia}}|
| [[Round Table—Free Georgia]]
| —
| 
|-
| (1)
| [[File:Tengiz Sigua.png|117x117px]]
| '''[[Tengiz Sigua]]'''<br />{{small|(1934–2020)}}
| 6 January 1992
| 6 August 1993
| {{ayd|1992|01|06|1993|08|06}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[1992 Georgian general election|1992]]
| 
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| —
| [[File:Eduard shevardnadze (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Eduard Shevardnadze]]'''<br />{{small|(1928–2014)<br />''acting''}}
| 6 August 1993
| 20 August 1993
| {{ayd|1993|08|06|1993|08|20}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
| 
|-
| 3
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Otar Patsatsia]]'''<br />{{small|(1929–2021)}}
| 20 August 1993
| 5 October 1995
| {{ayd|1993|08|20|1995|10|05}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
| 
|}

====State Minister (1995–2004)====
{{main|State Minister (Georgia)}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 1
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Niko Lekishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(1947–2025)}}
| 8 December 1995
| 26 July 1998
| {{ayd|1995|12|08|1998|07|26}}
| style="background:{{party color|Union of Citizens of Georgia}}|
| [[Union of Citizens of Georgia]]
| 
|-
| 2
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Vazha Lortkipanidze]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}
| 31 July 1998
| 11 May 2000
| {{ayd|1998|07|31|2000|05|11}}
| style="background:{{party color|Union of Citizens of Georgia}}|
| [[Union of Citizens of Georgia]]
| 
|-
| 3
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Giorgi Arsenishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(1942–2010)}}
| 11 May 2000
| 21 December 2001
| {{ayd|2000|05|11|2001|12|21}}
| style="background:{{party color|Union of Citizens of Georgia}}|
| [[Union of Citizens of Georgia]]
| 
|-
| 4
| [[File:no image.png|80px]]
| '''[[Avtandil Jorbenadze]]'''<br />{{small|(1951–2024)}}
| 21 December 2001
| 25 November 2003
| {{ayd|2001|12|21|2003|11|25}}
| style="background:{{party color|Union of Citizens of Georgia}}|
| [[Union of Citizens of Georgia]]
| 
|-
| 5
| [[File:Surab Schwania.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Zurab Zhvania]]'''<br />{{small|(1963–2005)}}
| 27 November 2003
| 17 February 2004
| {{ayd|2003|11|27|2004|02|17}}
| style="background:{{party color|United National Movement (Georgia)}}|
| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| 
|}

====Prime minister (2004–present)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Elected
! rowspan=2| Government(s)
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 4
| [[File:Surab Schwania.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Zurab Zhvania]]'''<br />{{small|(1963–2005)}}
| 17 February 2004
| 3 February 2005[[Zurab Zhvania#Death|†]]
| {{ayd|2004|02|17|2005|02|03}}
| style="background:{{party color|United National Movement (Georgia)}}|
| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| [[2004 Georgian parliamentary election|2004]]
| [[Cabinet of Zurab Zhvania|Zhvania]]
| 
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| —
| [[File:President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi (3x4 cropped).jpg|107x107px]]
| '''[[Mikheil Saakashvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1967)<br />''acting''}}
| 3 February 2005 
| 17 February 2005
| {{ayd|2005|02|03|2005|02|17}}
| style="background:{{party color|United National Movement (Georgia)}}|
| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| —
| [[Cabinet of Zurab Zhvania|Zhvania]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/vojna/2005/02/03/premier/|title=Saakashvili took responsibilities as Prime minister (in Russian)}}</ref>
|-
| 5
| [[File:Zurab Nogaideli.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Zurab Noghaideli]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1964)}}
| 17 February 2005
| 16 November 2007
| {{ayd|2005|02|17|2007|11|16}}
| style="background:{{party color|United National Movement (Georgia)}}|
| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| —
| [[Cabinet of Noghaideli|Noghaideli]]
| 
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| —
| [[File:Giorgi baramidze (cropped).jpg|126x126px]]
| '''[[Giorgi Baramidze]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1968)<br />''acting''}}
| 16 November 2007
| 22 November 2007
| {{ayd|2007|11|16|2007|11|22}}
| style="background:{{party color|United National Movement (Georgia)}}|
| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| —
| [[Cabinet of Noghaideli|Noghaideli]]
| <ref>[http://podrobnosti.ua/power/intpol/2007/11/22/475952.html Acting Prime minister of Georgia criticized peacekeepers, CIS and Russia (in Russian)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195501/http://podrobnosti.ua/power/intpol/2007/11/22/475952.html |date=29 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| 6
| [[File:Lado Gurgenidze.png|123x123px]]
| '''[[Lado Gurgenidze]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1970)}}
| 22 November 2007
| 1 November 2008
| {{ayd|2007|11|22|2008|11|01}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
| [[Cabinet of Gurgenidze|Gurgenidze]]
| 
|-
| 7
| [[File:Grigol Mgaloblishvili (November 20, 2008) (A).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Grigol Mgaloblishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1973)}}
| 1 November 2008
| 6 February 2009
| {{ayd|2008|11|01|2009|02|06}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[2008 Georgian parliamentary election|2008]]
| [[Cabinet of Mgaloblishvili|Mgaloblishvili]]
| 
|-
| 8
| [[File:Nika Gilauri (Thailand, 21 April 2010).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Nika Gilauri]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1975)}}
| 6 February 2009
| 4 July 2012
| {{ayd|2009|02|06|2012|07|04}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
| [[Cabinet of Gilauri|Gilauri]]
| 
|-
| 9
| [[File:Ivane Merabishvili.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Vano Merabishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1968)}}
| 4 July 2012
| 25 October 2012
| {{ayd|2012|07|04|2012|10|25}}
| style="background:{{party color|United National Movement (Georgia)}}|
| [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]]
| —
| [[Cabinet of Merabishvili|Merabishvili]]
| 
|-
| 10
| [[File:Bidzina Ivanishvili 2013-07-19.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Bidzina Ivanishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1956)}}
| 25 October 2012
| 20 November 2013
| {{ayd|2012|10|25|2013|11|20}}
| style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| [[Georgian Dream]]
| [[2012 Georgian parliamentary election|2012]]
| [[Ivanishvili government|Ivanishvili]]
| 
|-
| 11
| [[File:Irakli Garibashvili 2013. 2 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Irakli Garibashvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1982)}}
| 20 November 2013
| 30 December 2015
| {{ayd|2013|11|20|2015|12|30}}
| style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| [[Georgian Dream]]
| —
| [[First Garibashvili government|Garibashvili I]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2| 12
| rowspan=2|[[File:PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili meeting with Iranian VP Eshaq Jahangiri (cropped).jpg|115x115px]]
| rowspan=2|'''[[Giorgi Kvirikashvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1967)}}
| rowspan=2| 30 December 2015
| rowspan=2| 13 June 2018
| rowspan=2|{{ayd|2015|12|30|2018|06|13}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Georgian Dream]]
| —
| [[First Kvirikashvili government|Kvirikashvili I]]
| rowspan=2|
|-
| [[2016 Georgian parliamentary election|2016]]
| [[Second Kvirikashvili government|Kvirikashvili II]]
|-
| 13
| [[File:Mamuka Bakhtadze MSC 2019 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Mamuka Bakhtadze]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1982)}}
| 20 June 2018
| 2 September 2019
| {{ayd|2018|06|20|2019|09|02}}
| style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| [[Georgian Dream]]
| —
| [[Bakhtadze government|Bakhtadze]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|14
| rowspan=2|[[File:Giorgi Gakharia (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2|'''[[Giorgi Gakharia]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1975)}}
| rowspan=2| 8 September 2019
| rowspan=2| 18 February 2021
| rowspan=2|{{ayd|2019|09|08|2021|02|18}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Georgian Dream]]
| —
| [[First Gakharia government|Gakharia I]]
| rowspan=2|
|-
| [[2020 Georgian parliamentary election|2020]]
| rowspan=2|[[Second Gakharia government|Gakharia II]]
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| —
| [[File:Майя Цкитишвили (21-11-2019).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Maya Tskitishvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1974)}}
| 18 February 2021
| 22 February 2021
| {{ayd|2021|2|18|2021|02|22}}
| style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| [[Georgian Dream]]
| —
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maia Tskitishvili is acting PM|url=https://report.ge/en/politics/maia-tskitishvili-is-acting-pm/|archivedate=2023-09-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927175135/https://report.ge/en/politics/maia-tskitishvili-is-acting-pm/}}</ref>
|-
| 15
| [[File:PM Garibashvili, Munich Security Conference, Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Irakli Garibashvili]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1982)}}
| 22 February 2021
| 29 January 2024
| {{ayd|2021|02|22|2024|01|29}}
| style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| [[Georgian Dream]]
| —
| [[Second Garibashvili government|Garibashvili II]]
|-
| rowspan=2| 16
| rowspan=2| [[File:Irakli Kobakhidze 2024b (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| '''[[Irakli Kobakhidze]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1978)}}
| rowspan=2| 8 February 2024
| rowspan=2| Incumbent (Disputed)
| rowspan=2| {{ayd|2024|02|08}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Georgian Dream}}|
| rowspan=2| [[Georgian Dream]]
| —
| [[First Kobakhidze government|Kobakhidze I]]
| rowspan=2| 
|-
| [[2024 Georgian parliamentary election|2024]]<ref>Disputed by opposition parties</ref>
| [[Second Kobakhidze government|Kobakhidze II]]
|}

==Timeline==
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  from: 26/05/1918 till: 24/06/1918 color:SDPG text:"[[Noe Ramishvili]]"
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  from: 24/06/1918 till: 18/03/1921 color:SDPG text:"[[Noe Zhordania]]"
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  from: 07/03/1922 till: 19/04/1922 color:CPG  text:"[[Polikarp Mdivani]]"
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  from: 19/04/1922 till: 21/01/1923 color:CPG  text:"[[Sergey Kavtaradze]]"
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  from: 21/01/1923 till: 14/06/1927 color:CPG  text:"[[Shalva Eliava]]"
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  from: 14/06/1927 till: 07/06/1929 color:CPG  text:"[[Lavrenty Kartvelishvili]]"
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  from: 07/06/1929 till: 20/01/1931 color:CPG  text:"[[Filipp Makharadze]]"
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  from: 20/01/1931 till: 22/09/1931 color:CPG  text:"[[Levan Sukhishvili]]"
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  from: 22/09/1931 till: 09/07/1937 color:CPG  text:"[[German Mgaloblishvili]]"
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  from: 09/07/1937 till: 26/03/1947 color:CPG
  from: 16/04/1953 till: 20/09/1953 color:CPG  text:"[[Valerian Bakradze]]"
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  from: 26/03/1947 till: 06/04/1952 color:CPG  text:"[[Zakhary Chkhubianishvili]]"
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  from: 06/04/1952 till: 16/04/1953 color:CPG  text:"[[Zakhary Ketskhoveli]]"
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  from: 21/09/1953 till: 17/12/1975 color:CPG  text:"[[Givi Javakhishvili]]"
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  from: 17/12/1975 till: 05/06/1982 color:CPG  text:"[[Zurab Pataridze]]"
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  from: 05/06/1982 till: 12/04/1986 color:CPG  text:"[[Dmitry Kartvelishvili]]"
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  from: 12/04/1986 till: 29/03/1989 color:CPG  text:"[[Otar Cherkezia]]"
 bar:Chkheidze
  from: 29/03/1989 till: 14/04/1989 color:CPG  text:"[[Zurab Chkheidze]]"
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  from: 14/04/1989 till: 15/11/1990 color:CPG  text:"[[Nodari Chitanava]]"
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  from: 15/11/1990 till: 18/08/1991 color:Ind
  from: 06/01/1992 till: 06/08/1993 color:Ind  text:"[[Tengiz Sigua]]"
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  from: 18/08/1991 till: 23/08/1991 color:Ind  text:"[[Murman Omanidze]]"
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  from: 23/08/1991 till: 06/01/1992 color:RTFG text:"[[Besarion Gugushvili]]"
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  from: 06/08/1993 till: 20/08/1993 color:Ind  text:"[[Eduard Shevardnadze]]"
 bar:Patsatsia
  from: 20/08/1993 till: 05/10/1995 color:Ind  text:"[[Otar Patsatsia]]"
 bar:Lekishvili
  from: 08/12/1995 till: 26/07/1998 color:UCG  text:"[[Niko Lekishvili]]"
 bar:Lortkipanidze
  from: 26/07/1998 till: 11/05/2000 color:UCG  text:"[[Vazha Lortkipanidze]]"
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  from: 11/05/2000 till: 21/12/2001 color:UCG  text:"[[Giorgi Arsenishvili]]"
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  from: 21/12/2001 till: 07/11/2003 color:UCG  text:"[[Avtandil Jorbenadze]]"
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  from: 07/11/2003 till: 03/02/2005 color:UNM  text:"[[Zurab Zhvania]]"
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  from: 03/02/2005 till: 17/02/2005 color:UNM  text:"[[Mikheil Saakashvili]]"
 bar:Noghaideli
  from: 17/02/2005 till: 16/11/2007 color:UNM  text:"[[Zurab Noghaideli]]"
 bar:Baramidze
  from: 16/11/2007 till: 22/11/2007 color:UNM  text:"[[Giorgi Baramidze]]"
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  from: 22/11/2007 till: 01/11/2008 color:Ind  text:"[[Lado Gurgenidze]]"
 bar:Mgalobishvili
  from: 01/11/2008 till: 06/02/2009 color:Ind  text:"[[Grigol Mgaloblishvili]]"
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  from: 06/02/2009 till: 04/07/2012 color:Ind  text:"[[Nika Gilauri]]"
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  from: 04/07/2012 till: 25/10/2012 color:UNM  text:"[[Vano Merabishvili]]"
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  from: 25/10/2012 till: 20/11/2013 color:GD   text:"[[Bidzina Ivanishvili]]"
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  from: 20/11/2013 till: 30/12/2015 color:GD
  from: 22/02/2021 till: 29/01/2024 color:GD   text:"[[Irakli Garibashvili]]"
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  from: 30/12/2015 till: 13/06/2018 color:GD   text:"[[Giorgi Kvirikashvili]]"
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  from: 13/06/2018 till: 02/09/2019 color:GD   text:"[[Mamuka Bakhtadze]]"
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  from: 08/09/2019 till: 18/02/2021 color:GD   text:"[[Giorgi Gakharia]]"
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  from: 18/02/2021 till: 21/02/2021 color:GD   text:"[[Maya Tskitishvili]]"
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  from: 08/02/2024 till: $now       color:GD   text:"[[Irakli Kobakhidze]]"

}}

==See also==
*[[President of Georgia]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Prime Ministers of Georgia}}
{{Georgia (country) topics}}
{{Europe heads of state and government}}
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[[Category:Government ministers of Georgia (country)|.01]]
[[Category:Lists of politicians from Georgia (country)|Prime ministers]]
[[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|Georgia]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Georgia (country)]]