Government of Georgia

Cabinet of Georgia
Date formedDecember 24, 2020 (2020-12-24)
Date dissolvedFebruary 18, 2021 (2021-02-18)
People and organisations
Head of stateSalome Zourabichvili (Independent)
Head of governmentGiorgi Gakharia (GD)
No. of ministers12
Member partiesGeorgian Dream
Status in legislatureMajority government
History
Election(s)2020 parliamentary election
Legislature term(s)Parliament (2020-)
PredecessorFirst Gakharia government (2019)
SuccessorSecond Garibashvili government (2021)

The second government of Giorgi Gakharia was the government (cabinet) of Georgia, with Giorgi Gakharia as its head as the country's Prime Minister from 24 December 2020 to February 18, 2021. The cabinet was formed after the 2020 parliamentary elections, in which the victorious Georgian Dream party nominated Giorgi Gakharia as its candidate for prime minister for a second term.[1] Gakharia presented his cabinet to parliament on December 14.[2] The Georgian Dream backed his cabinet and approved it by a parliamentary majority on December 24.[3] The second Gakharia administration was dissolved after his resignation on February 18, 2021, over a dispute within his party on the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia.[4] The political leadership of Georgian Dream, including the party's founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, later branded Gakharia "a coward and a traitor" for stepping down.[5] Gakharia went on to form a new opposition political party.[6]

Ministers

Office Minister From To Party
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia 20 June 2018 Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia (GDDG)
First Deputy Prime Minister Maya Tskitishvili 9 September 2019 GDDG
Deputy Prime Minister David Zalkaliani 21 January 2021 GDDG
Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani 20 June 2018 GDDG
Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili 9 September 2019 GDDG
Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri 9 September 2019 GDDG
Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Protection Eka Tikaradze 18 June 2019 GDDG
Minister of Justice Gocha Lortkipanidze 24 December 2020 GDDG
Minister of Education and Science Mikheil Chkhenkeli 20 June 2018 GDDG
Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili 20 June 2018 GDDG
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Khetevan Tsikhelashvili 20 June 2018 GDDG
Minister of Finance Ivane Machavariani 14 July 2018 GDDG
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natela Turnava 18 April 2019 GDGG
Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Maya Tskitishvili 20 June 2018 GDDG

Notes

  1. ↑ "Georgian Dream wins a third term as the opposition calls for a boycott of parliament". New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. ↑ "Georgian Parliament Opens Amid Opposition Boycott". Civil.ge. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Georgian parliament confirms PM Gakharia's cabinet of ministers". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Georgian PM resigns over plan to arrest opposition leader". POLITICO. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ↑ "Georgian Dream founder Ivanishvili accuses ex-PM Gakharia of being a "traitor"". English Jamnews. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. ↑ "Former PM Gakharia Inaugurates New Political Party". Civil.ge. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
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