President of Georgia

President of Georgia
საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი
Presidential standard
Incumbent
Disputed between Salome Zourabichvili and Mikheil Kavelashvili
since 29 December 2024
Office of the President of Georgia
Head of State of Georgia
TypeHead of state
Commander-in-chief
ResidenceOrbeliani Palace (since Nov 2018)
AppointerElectoral College
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Georgia
Inaugural holderZviad Gamsakhurdia
Formation14 April 1991
(35 years ago) (1991-04-14)
DeputyChairperson of the Parliament
Salary13,000 GEL
(€4,400) per month
WebsiteOfficial website

The President of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, sakartvelos prezidenti) is the head of state and supreme commander-in-chief.

Their role is ceremonial as in many parliamentary democracies. Prime Minister is the head of government. The office was first introduced by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia on 14 April 1991, five days after Georgia's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

The President serves a five-year term.

List of Presidents

No. Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Took office Left office Time in office Party Election
1 Zviad Gamsakhurdia
(1939–1993)		 14 April 1991 6 January 1992
(Deposed)		 267 days Round Table—Free Georgia 1991
The office of the president was vacant from January 6, 1992 to November 26, 1995.
2 Eduard Shevardnadze
(1928–2014)		 26 November 1995 23 November 2003
(Forced to resign)		 7 years, 362 days Union of Citizens of Georgia 1995
2000
— Nino Burjanadze
(born 1964)
Acting		 23 November 2003 25 January 2004 63 days United National Movement –
3 Mikheil Saakashvili
(born 1967)		 25 January 2004 25 November 2007
(Resigned)		 3 years, 304 days United National Movement 2004
— Nino Burjanadze
(born 1964)
Acting		 25 November 2007 20 January 2008 56 days United National Movement –
(3) Mikheil Saakashvili
(born 1967)		 20 January 2008 17 November 2013 5 years, 301 days United National Movement 2008
4 Giorgi Margvelashvili
(born 1969)		 17 November 2013 16 December 2018 5 years, 29 days Georgian Dream 2013
5 Salome Zourabichvili
(born 1952)		 16 December 2018 29 December 2024 / Incumbent

(Disputed)

 7 years, 319 days Independent 2018
6 Mikheil Kavelashvili

(born 1971)

 29 December 2024 Incumbent

(Disputed)

 1 day People's Power 2024
  1. ↑ On December 22, 1991, parts of the military launched a coup d'état against the government and the president. On January 6, 1992, the government and the President were deposed and a Military Council, led by Tengiz Kitovani and Jaba Ioseliani, took power in Tbilisi. On March 10, 1992, the Military Council handed the power over to Eduard Shevardnadze, who served as acting head of state until November 26, 1995.
  2. ↑ Georgian Dream campaigned for and endorsed the candidacy of Zourabichvili in the 2018 presidential election.
  3. ↑ Georgian Dream nominated the candidacy of Kavelashvili in the 2024 presidential election.

References

  1. ↑ Kavelashvili's election is contested by outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili, all large opposition parties, as well as numerous watchdogs and constitutional experts, who question the legitimacy of the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election that determined the composition of the electoral collage for the presidential election.
  2. ↑ "Salome Zurabishvili to relocate Presidential Residence from Avlabari to Orbeliani Palace". Agenda.ge. 29 November 2018. Wikidata Q131584019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Changes to the Rule of Labor Remuneration in Public Institutions (PDF)
  4. ↑ The Law of the Republic of Georgia on the Introduction of the Post of President of the Republic of Georgia Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. The Parliament of Georgia Archive. Accessed on 17 April 2011 (in Georgian and Russian)

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