List of leaders of Georgia

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This is the list of the rulers of Georgia from 1918 to the present. It includes leaders of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921), of Soviet Georgia (1921–1991), and of the post-Soviet era.

Leaders of Georgia (1918–present)[]

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918)[]

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Began office	Left office	Party	Title(s)
1		Nikolay Chkheidze (1864–1926)	10 February 1918	26 May 1918	Social Democratic Party of Georgia	President of Parliamentary Assemblies

Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)[]

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Began office	Left office	Party	Title(s)
1		Nikolay Chkheidze (1864–1926)	26 May 1918	16 March 1921	Social Democratic Party of Georgia	President of Parliamentary Assemblies (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic)
1		Noe Ramishvili (1881–1930)	26 May 1918	24 June 1918	Social Democratic Party of Georgia	President of Government (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic)
1		Noe Zhordania (1868–1953)	24 June 1918	18 March 1921	Social Democratic Party of Georgia	President of Government (Parliamentary system : no President of the Republic)

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1990)[]

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Began office	Left office	Party	Title(s)
1		Mamia Orakhelashvili (1881–1937)	16 March 1921	April 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
2			24 May 1922	22 October 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
3		Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935)	22 October 1922	August 1924	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
4		Mikheil Kakhiani (1896–1937)	August 1924	May 1930	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
5		Levan Gogoberidze (1896–1937)	May 1930	19 November 1930	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
6		Samson Mamulia (1892–1937)	19 November 1930	11 September 1931	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
7		Lavrenty Kartvelishvili	11 September 1931	14 November 1931	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
8		Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953)	14 November 1931	18 October 1932	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
9			18 October 1932	15 January 1934	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
10		Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953)	15 January 1934	31 August 1938	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
11		Candide Charkviani (1907–1994)	31 August 1938	2 April 1952	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
12		Akaki Mgeladze (1910–1980)	2 April 1952	14 April 1953	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
13		Aleksandre Mirtskhulava (1911–2009)	14 April 1953	19 September 1953	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
14		Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988)	20 September 1953	29 September 1972	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
15		Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)	29 September 1972	6 July 1985	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
16		Jumber Patiashvili (born 1940)	6 July 1985	14 April 1989	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
17		Givi Gumbaridze (born 1945)	14 April 1989	15 November 1990	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
18		Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993)	15 November 1990	14 April 1991	Independent	Chairman of the Supreme Council of Georgia

Republic of Georgia (1991–present)[]

Presidents

№	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Term	Time in office	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993)		1	267 days	14 April 1991 (Appointed) 26 May 1991 (Inaugurated)	6 January 1992 (Deposed)	Round Table—Free Georgia
—	Tengiz Kitovani (1938–)			64 days	6 January 1992	10 March 1992	Co-leaders (Military Council)
	Jaba Ioseliani (1926–2003)
—	Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)			239 days	10 March 1992	4 November 1992	Independent
				2 days	4 November 1992	6 November 1992
				3 years, 20 days	6 November 1992	26 November 1995
2			1	5 years	26 November 1995 (Inaugurated)	30 April 2000	Union of Citizens of Georgia
			2	5 years	30 April 2000 (Inaugurated)	23 November 2003 (Forced to Resign)
—	Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting)			63 days	23 November 2003	25 January 2004	United National Movement
3	Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967)		1	3 years, 304 days	25 January 2004 (Inaugurated)	25 November 2007 (Resigned)
—	Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting)			56 days	25 November 2007	20 January 2008
(3)	Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967)		2	5 years, 301 days	20 January 2008 (Inaugurated)	17 November 2013
4	Giorgi Margvelashvili (born 1969)		1	5 years, 29 days	17 November 2013 (Inaugurated)	16 December 2018	Georgian Dream
5	Salome Zurabishvili (born 1952)		1	3 years, 67 days	16 December 2018 (Inaugurated)	Incumbent	Georgian Dream

See also[]

• President of Georgia