Vakhtang Gomelauri

Vakhtang Gomelauri (Georgian: ვახტანგ გომელაური, born 24 December 1974) is a Georgian politician, who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia^[3] and as the chief of the State Security Service of Georgia from 25 July 2015 to 9 September 2019.^[4] Gomelauri is a close associate of Georgia's richest man Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Vakhtang Gomelauri
ვახტანგ გომელაური
Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office Disputed[1]–Disputed Serving with Irakli Chikovani
Prime Minister	Irakli Kobakhidze
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office September 8, 2019 – Disputed[2]
Prime Minister	Giorgi Gakharia Irakli Garibashvili Irakli Kobakhidze
Preceded by	Giorgi Gakharia
In office January 26, 2015 – August 3, 2015
Preceded by	Alexsandre Chikaidze
Succeeded by	Giorgi Mghebrishvili
Head of the State Security Service of Georgia
In office July 25, 2015 – September 8, 2019
Prime Minister	Irakli Garibashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili Mamuka Bakhtadze
Preceded by	position reestablished
Succeeded by	Grigol Liluashvili
Personal details
Born	(1974-12-24) 24 December 1974 (age 50) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Georgian Dream
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On 19 December 2024, the United States and the United Kingdom adopted economic sanctions against Gomelauri due to his involvement in violent attacks and other grave human rights abuses against Georgian protesters and journalists.^[5] Earlier he was also sanctioned by the Baltic States for the same reasons.^[6]