Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia

The Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia (Georgian: ვიცე პრემიერ მინისტრი, romanized: vitse p'remier minist'ri), Sometimes translated as Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, is an official position in the Georgian Cabinet. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister.^[1] The Prime Minister may assign to one of the ministers the duty of the First Deputy Prime Minister, and to one or more other ministers the duty of the Deputy-Prime Minister. The First Deputy Prime Minister shall perform the duty of the Prime Minister in his/her absence and in other cases provided for by law, as well as in respect of certain individual assignments. The Deputy Prime Minister(s) shall coordinate the exercise of executive power in the field of public management as established by an order of the Prime Minister.^[2]

First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
პირველი ვიცე პრემიერი
Coat of Arms of Georgia
Incumbent Levan Davitashvili since 12 February 2024
Cabinet of Georgia
Style	Deputy Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Tbilisi
Appointer	Prime Minister
First holder	Nika Gilauri

Current deputy prime ministers

Levan Davitashvili	Irakli Chikovani	Vakhtang Gomelauri
First Deputy Prime Minister Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Defence	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs
Since 12 February 2024	Since 9 February 2024	Since 20 December 2024[3]

List

First Deputy Prime Ministers

Name	Start	End	Department
Nika Gilauri	December 2008	6 February 2009	Ministry of Finance
Irakli Alasania	25 October 2012	23 January 2013	Ministry of Defence
Giorgi Margvelashvili	23 January 2013	18 July 2013	Ministry of Education and Science
Giorgi Kvirikashvili	26 July 2013	30 December 2015	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
Dimitri Kumsishvili	13 June 2016	13 June 2018	Ministry of Finance Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
Maya Tskitishvili	21 January 2021	18 February 2021	Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure
Levan Davitashvili	12 February 2024	Present	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development[4]

Deputy Prime Minister

Name	Entered office	Left office	Portfolio	Cabinet
Aleksandre Jejelava	21 February 2017	13 November 2017		Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Giorgi Gakharia	13 November 2017	8 September 2019	Minister of Internal Affairs	Mamuka Bakhtadze
Thea Tsulukiani			Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia	Irakli Garibashvili
Irakli Chikovani			Minister of Defence of Georgia	Irakli Garibashvili Irakli Kobakhidze