List of leaders of Georgia (country)

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)
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:black" | 1	File:NikolayChkheidze-5.pdf	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)
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:black" | 1	File:NikolayChkheidze-5.pdf	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)
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:black" | 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)
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:black" | 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)
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |1		Mamia Orakhelashvili (1881–1937)	16 March 1921	April 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |2		Stanisław Wojciechowski	April 1922	24 May 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |2	First secretary	Mikheil Okudzhava	24 May 1922	22 October 1922	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |3		Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935)	22 October 1922	August 1924	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |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
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |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
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |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
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |7	Communist Party of Georgia First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Lavrenty Kartvelishvili	11 September 1931	14 November 1931	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |8	File:Лаврентий Берия, 1920-е годы.jpg	Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953)	14 November 1931	18 October 1932	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |9	Communist Party of Georgia First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Petre Agniashvili	18 October 1932	15 January 1934	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |10	File:Лаврентий Берия, 1920-е годы.jpg	Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953)	15 January 1934	31 August 1938	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |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
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |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
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |13		Aleksandre Mirtskhulava (1911–2009)	14 April 1953	19 September 1953	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |14	First secretary	Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902–1988)	20 September 1953	29 September 1972	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |15		Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)	29 September 1972	6 July 1985	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |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
style="background:Template:Communist Party of the Soviet Union/meta/color; color:black" |17	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia	Givi Gumbaridze (born 1945)	14 April 1989	15 November 1990	Communist Party of Georgia	First secretaries of the Communist Party of Georgia
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" |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	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993)		1	14 April 1991 (Appointed) 26 May 1991 (Inaugurated)	6 January 1992 (Deposed)	Round Table — Free Georgia
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| —	Tengiz Kitovani (1938–)	Co-leaders (Military Council)		6 January 1992	10 March 1992	Co-leaders (Military Council)
Jaba Ioseliani (1926–2003)	Co-leaders (Military Council)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;" rowspan="3" | —	Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)			10 March 1992	4 November 1992	Independent
4 November 1992				6 November 1992
6 November 1992				26 November 1995
style="background:Template:Union of Citizens of Georgia/meta/color; color:white;" rowspan="2" | 2			1	26 November 1995 (Inaugurated)	30 April 2000	Union of Citizens of Georgia
2			30 April 2000 (Inaugurated)	23 November 2003 (Forced to Resign)
style="background:Template:United National Movement (Georgia)/meta/color; color:white;"| —	Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting)			23 November 2003	25 January 2004	United National Movement
style="background:Template:United National Movement (Georgia)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3	Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967)		1	25 January 2004 (Inaugurated)	25 November 2007 (Resigned)
style="background:Template:United National Movement (Georgia)/meta/color; color:white;"| —	Nino Burjanadze (born 1964) (acting)			25 November 2007	20 January 2008
style="background:Template:United National Movement (Georgia)/meta/color; color:white;"| (3)	Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967)		2	20 January 2008 (Inaugurated)	17 November 2013
style="background:Template:Georgian Dream/meta/color; color:white;"| 4	Giorgi Margvelashvili (born 1969)		1	17 November 2013 (Inaugurated)	16 December 2018	Georgian Dream
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black" | 5	Salome Zurabishvili (born 1952)		1	16 December 2018 (Inaugurated)	Incumbent	Independent

See also

• President of Georgia