Post: | Minister |
Body: | Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
Native Name: | საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი |
Insignia: | Seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
Incumbent: | Maka Botchorishvili |
Incumbentsince: | November 28, 2024 |
Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
Style: | Mr. Minister (informal) The Honorable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
Member Of: | Cabinet National Security Council |
Reports To: | Prime Minister |
Seat: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Appointer: | Prime Minister of Georgia |
Inaugural: | Akaki Chkhenkeli (As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Republic of Georgia) Giorgi Khoshtaria (As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia) |
Salary: | 11,050 GEL per month[1] |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the governmental body of Georgia responsible for protecting and promoting Georgia's interest and its persons and entities abroad. The minister is a member of the Cabinet of Georgia.
The current minister is Maka Botchorishvili, who was appointed on November 28, 2024 by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.
No. | Portrait | width=120 | Name | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Akaki Chkhenkeli | 26 May 1918 | November 1918 | ||
2 | Evgeni Gegechkori | 1918 | 1921 | ||
No. | Portrait | width=120 | Name | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Alexander Svanidze | 1921 | 1923 | ||
From 1923 to 1944 Commissariat is liquidated | |||||
2 | Giorgi Kiknadze | 1944 | 1946 |
Minister | Term of office | ||||
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Portrait | width=120 | Name | Took office | Left office | |
1 | Giorgi Kiknadze | 1946 | 1953 | ||
2 | Archil Gigoshvili | 1953 | 1954 | ||
3 | Mitrofan Kuchava | 16 January 1954 | 1962 | ||
4 | Archil Gigoshvili | 1962 | 1969 | ||
5 | Giorgi Chogovadze | 1969 | 1970 | ||
6 | Revaz Pruidze | April 1970 | 23 July 1970 | ||
7 | Shalva Kiknadze | 1970 | 1976 | ||
8 | Teymuraz Gordeladze | 1979 | 1981 | ||
9 | Giorgi Javakhishvili | 1 January 1985 | 1 January 1990 |
Minister | Party | Term of office | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term | ||||
1 | Giorgi Khoshtaria | – | 26 November 1990 | 15 September 1991 | ||||
2 | Murman Omanidze | Independent | 15 September 1991 | 31 December 1991 | ||||
3 | Alexander Chikvaidze | – | 2 March 1992 | 21 December 1995 | ||||
4 | Irakli Menagharishvili [2] | – | 15 December 1995 | 29 November 2003 | ||||
5 | Tedo Japaridze | – | 30 November 2003 | 20 March 2004 | ||||
6 | Salome Zourabichvili | – | 20 March 2004 | 19 October 2005 | ||||
7 | Gela Bezhuashvili | United National Movement | 19 October 2005 | 31 January 2008 | ||||
8 | David Bakradze | United National Movement | 31 January 2008 | 5 May 2008 | ||||
9 | Eka Tkeshelashvili | United National Movement | 5 May 2008 | 6 December 2008 | ||||
10 | Grigol Vashadze | United National Movement | 6 December 2008 | 25 October 2012 | ||||
11 | Maia Panjikidze | Free Democrats | 25 October 2012 | 5 November 2014 | ||||
12 | Tamar Beruchashvili | – | 11 November 2014 | 1 September 2015 | ||||
13 | Giorgi Kvirikashvili | Georgian Dream | 1 September 2015 | 30 December 2015 | ||||
14 | Mikheil Janelidze | Independent | 30 December 2015 | 13 June 2018 | ||||
15 | David Zalkaliani [3] | Georgian Dream | 21 June 2018 | 04 April 2022 | ||||
16 | Ilia Darchiashvili [4] | Georgian Dream | 04 April 2022 | 28 November 2024 | ||||
17 | Maka Bochorishvili [5] | Georgian Dream | 28 November 2024 | Present |