List of leaders of Georgia (country)

This is the list of the leaders of Georgia since 1918, during the periods of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921), Soviet Georgia (1921–1991), and current Georgia. For the head of government, see Prime Minister of Georgia.

List (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.	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	First secretary	Mikheil Okudzhava	24 May 1922	22 October 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
3	File:Vissarion-lominadze.jpg	Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935)	22 October 1922	August 1924	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
4	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Mikheil Kakhiani (1896–1937)	August 1924	May 1930	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
5	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Levan Gogoberidze (1896–1937)	May 1930	19 November 1930	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
6	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Samson Mamulia (1892–1937)	19 November 1930	11 September 1931	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
7	Communist Party of Georgia First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Lavrenty Kartvelishvili (1890–1938)	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		Petre Agniashvili	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	Communist Party of Georgia First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Candide Charkviani (1907–1994)	31 August 1938	2 April 1952	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
12	Communist Party of Georgia First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	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	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	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

Georgia (since 1991)

President of Georgia

№	Name (Born–Died)	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.^[a]
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 Zurabishvili (born 1952)	16 December 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 204 days	Georgian Dream	2018

Notes

^ 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.