| (https://i.postimg.cc/vTLw5z73/images-1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze) | Tamaz Japharidze |
| Birth | 1944 (2021†) |
| Clan | Tskhenebi |
| Title | Brzdmtsveli, Tamaz IV (2002-2021) |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree in Law and State Administration (1968) |
| Roles | Chairman of the Federation of Commerce (1989-1994) |
| Family | Parents: Ramaz Berashvili (1908-1979) and Tinatin Japaharidze Spouse(s): Eka Lomidze (1949-2017) Issues: Mamuka Lomidze (1971), Lela Lomidze (1974), Avtandil Lomidze (1978), Ramaz Lomidze (1981), and Eka Lomidze (1982) |
| Biography | Several of Tamaz Japahridze's relatives were high-ranking officials and politicians, including his father Ramaz Berashvili (Minister of Education, 1949-1954, and later member of the Council of the State), as well as his brother Imeda Japaharidze, who was a member of the National Assembly and served as Deputy Minister of Energy and Deputy Minister of Immigration Policy. Instead, Tamaz was involved and focused in the family business, becoming CEO of Okros Spilendzi Inc., an important mining company since 1978. Later, he joined the management of a state-owned industrial company and was appointed Chairman of the Federation of Commerce in 1989. In 2002, following the abdication of Endzela Shengelaia, he was elected Brzdmtsveli (head of state) by the Council of State. His health started to decline in 2019, and he died in late 2021, following complications as consequence of a surgical intervention after suffering a stroke. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/7ZQvJBPy/220px-Prince-Nugzar-of-Georgia.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nugzar_Bagration-Gruzinsky) | Gela Berdzenishvili |
| Birth | 1960 |
| Clan | Dasavleta |
| Title | Incumbent Prime Minister |
| Education | University of Abakha, degree in International Law (1985); State University of Ktsatskuri, master's degree in Law (1988); University of Azavrelia, diploma on Administrative Law (1990) |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly,Minister of Administrative Law (2001-2005), Minister of the Treasury (2008-2011), Minister of State (2011-2014), Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration (2012-2014) and Prime Minister (2014-2022) |
| Family | Parents: Bidzina Siprashvili (1924-1995) and Manana Berdzenhishvili (1928-2009) Spouse(s): Tsiuri Iashvili (1963) Issues: Okropir Iashvili (1989), Bizdina Iashvili (1994) |
| Biography | Gela Berdzenishvili comes from a prominent political family. His late grandfather Givi Roinashvili was a diplomatic and Minister of Foreign Affairs, while his late father Bidzina Siprashvili was a member of the National Assembly for forty years, serving as Deputy Prime Minister for National Development from 1983 to 1989. Gela started his political career in Azavrelia in the early 1990s, serving in the local council. Following the death of his father in 1995, he was elected three months later in his father's electoral district. He has been reelected every time since then. He served as Deputy Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2001, before being appointed Minister of Administrative Law the same year. He was dismissed in 2005, but rejoined the government as Ministry of Treasury from 2008 to 2011. He was appointed Minister of the State in 2011, serving as well as Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration from 2012 to 2014. He became Prime Minister in 2014. In 2022, he was replaced as Prime Minister by Bidzina Samkharadze, following the 2022 legislative election. He was later appointed as a permanent member of the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan. He married Tsiuri Iashvili, from the Artsivi clan, in 1986. They have two sons, Okropir and Bidzina. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/X7G3VKjD/220px-Tengiz-Kitovani.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengiz_Kitovani) | Levan Gamsakhurdia |
| Birth | 1949 |
| Clan | Ampartavani |
| Title | General of the Army / Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Policy and National Defense |
| Education | Azavrelia Technical University, degree in civil engineering (1973); Tsagedia Military Academy (1974-1977) |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Minister of National Defense (2014-2022), Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Policy and National Defense (2014-2022), First Deputy Prime Minister (2016-2020) |
| Family | Parents: Saghazri Bolkhadze (1920-1998) and Besida Gamsakhurdia (1924-2001) Spouse(s): Minda Maisuradze (1955) Issues: Kargi Maisuradze (1979) and Imedi Maisuradze (1993) |
| Biography | Unlike other members of his family, who had prominent roles in politics or state administration, after finishing military service in 1974, Levan decided to continue in the armed forces, enrolling in the Tsagedia Military Academy. His first political role was Secretary of Emergency Situations, under the Ministry of National Defense, from 1988 to 1996. Following the death of his uncle Shalva Gamsakhurdia, he was candidate to the National Assembly in his uncle's district, and elected in the 1999 election. He served as Minister of Public Works and Transport, from 2001 to 2003, and Minister of Public Order and Security from 2003 to 2008. He joined Gela Berdzenishvili's government as Minister of National Defense in 2014, becoming as well as Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Policy and National Defense. In 2016, he was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister, considered 5th highest-ranking office in Mktvartvelo. However, he resigned as Deputy Prime Minister in 2020, following a corruption scandal in which was directly involed Anzor Gamsakhurdia, Levan's elder brother, governor of Gaqidvalisi, although he continued in his roles as Minister of National Defense and Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Policy and National Defense until 2022. He married Minda Maisuradze, from the Gadasakhadi clan, in 1976. They have two daughters. Levan Gamsakhurdia has the military rank of General of the Army. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/8cFqgRK6/rrrrr-png-1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusudan_Gotsiridze) | Tsiuri Kavsadze |
| Birth | 1974 |
| Clan | Mdinare clan |
| Title | Sinatdedopali (Head of the Order of Simartlea) |
| Education | Ordered priestess in 1996; State College of Tetritsori, degree on History and Doctrine of the Order of Simartlea (1998-2001), |
| Roles | High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea (2010-2020); Head Priestess of the Shrine of Dalotsvili Shadrevani (since 2020); Supreme Priestess of the Order of Simartlea (since 2020) |
| Family | Parents: Merab Zakariadze (1946) and Nino Bardanashvili (1949) Spouse(s): None Issues: None |
| Biography | Tsiuri Kavsadze was born in a family from Kutatsqaro which belonged to the Mdinare clan. She joined a religious school in her hometown at the age of 12, and was accepted as religious apprentice at the age of 14 in a temple in the same province. She became pristess in the same temple at the age of 22. She completed her theological studies in the State College of Tetritsori. In 2010, she became High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea, moving to the Shrine of Dalotsvili Shadrevani. Following the death of her predecessor, she was elected Sinatdedopali -also known as Supreme Priestess-, in 2020, becoming head of the Order of Simartlea at the age of 46. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/FzYCf0LV/katiemelua.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Melua) | Eter Rachvelishvili |
| Birth | 1983 |
| Clan | Ghorini |
| Title | High Priestess |
| Education | Holy College of Martvilisi |
| Roles | High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea; Priestess at the Shrine of Dalotsvili Shadrevani |
| Family | Parents: Tornike Tarishvili (1945) and Darejana Dolidze (1947) Spouse(s): None Issues: None |
| Biography | Eter Rachvelishvili was born in the town of Akhal. The second daughter of a family from the Ghorini clan, both of her parents were lawyers. She joined a religious school at age 13, one year later than usual. In 2006, she became a religious apprentice at a temple consacrated to Kariani, the Wind King, nearby Dushelisi, in northwestern Mktvartvelo. She was ordered priestess in the same temple in 2009. She moved to Martvilisi in 2011, where she completed her religious education in the Holy College of Martvilisi. She took a second apprenticeship in a temple consacrated to Dalotsvili Dedopali in a nearby town. She moved to a temple associated to the Shrine of Dalotsvili Shadrevani in 2015. She became a representative in the General Assembly of the Order of Simartlea, a consulative body, in 2017. After Tsiuri Kavsadze became Sinatdedopali in 2020, she officially joined the Shrine of Dalotsvili Shadrevani, being appointed as High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea a few weeks later. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/Sx5DYnry/unnamed.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazha_Lortkipanidze) | Vakhtang Tsiskaridze |
| Birth | 1950 |
| Clan | Isari |
| Title | Chairman of the Council of State |
| Education | University of Lagotsminda, degree in Economics |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Minister of Trade, Science, and Industry, Chairman of the Council of State |
| Family | Parents: Zviad Abramishvili (1919-1985) and Lali Tsiskaridze (1926-2015) Spouse(s): Manana Varazashvili (1957) Issues: Nino Varazashvili (1979), Lasha Varazashvili (1981), Mamuka Varazashvili (1984), Ramaz Varazashvili (1986), Lela Varazashvili (1986), Givi Varazashvili (1991), Okropir Varazashvili (1998) |
| Biography | Vakhtang Tsiskaridze was born in 1950 in Bolnomi, in southeastern Mktvartvelo. His father belonged to the Isari clan, and he held important positions in Otar Zakhariadze's administration in the 1960s, including serving as head of Laparaki Inc., Mktvartvelo's largest telecommunication state company. He married Manana Varazashvili, from the Gadasakhadi clan, in 1977. Her wife's grandfather was a high-ranking military officer in Mktvartvelo's armed forces, having served in the National War. Vakhtang had joined Dazogali Bank, a commercial bank, in 1976, being appointed Deputy Director in 1996. In 2004, he was appointed to the Council of State by the National Assembly. He also served as Minister of Trade, Science, and Industry, from 2006 to 2009. In 2010, five months before the end of his term, he was appointed a permanent member of the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Tamaz Japharidze, following the death of Zviad Gogibedashvili. He became Chairman of the Council of State in 2017. Vakhtang Tsiskaridze has seven children and eleven grandchildren. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/fybsMHz8/0256.png) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maka_Chichua) | Makvala Bendukidze |
| Birth | 1970 |
| Clan | Dasavleta |
| Title | None |
| Education | Azavrelia State University, degree in Economics; Ktsatskuri National University, master's degree on Finance and Administration |
| Political affiliation | Moderate Alignment (since 2024) |
| Roles | CEO of Mktvartvelian Airlines (2014-2023), Member of the Council of State |
| Family | Parents: Imeda Nikolaishvili (1941-2001) and Lali Bendukidze (1949) Spouse(s): Anzor Abuladze (1966) Issues: Nana Bendukidze (2001), Tornike Bendukidze (2004), and Lali Bendukidze (2009) |
| Biography | Makvala Bendukidze was born in a wealthy family from the Dasavleta clan. After finishing her studies, she joined an investment fund and lived in Achkaerin and Heyra from 1996 to 2002. She returned to Mktvartvelo and joined Ktsatskuri National University, where she completed a master's degree on Finance and Administration. In 2005, she joined Umaghlesi College, an elite business school in Ktsatskuri, as a visiting lecturer. She joined the board of directors of Valutha Bank in 2008. A year later, she married politician Anzor Abuladze, with whom she has had three children. She became CEO of Mktvartvelian Airlines, the country's largest airline company, in 2014. She is also the Deputy Chairman of Tsyn Investment Fund since 2018. Makvala Bendukidze is a distant relative of former Prime Minister Gela Berdzenishvili. She is considered one of the richest people in Mktvartvelo, according to independent rankings. Bendukidze was appointed to the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan in 2022. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/Pf9KnTW0/123-13.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Kandelaki) | Ketevan Chakhava |
| Birth | 1975 |
| Clan | Tbagaqinuli |
| Title | Brzdmtsveli (since 2021) |
| Education | Ktsatskuri National University, degree on Economics and Political Law; master's degree on State and International Finance |
| Roles | President of Honour of Akhali Shansi Foundation (2014-2021), Brzdmtsveli of the Unitary State of Mktvartvelo (since 2021) |
| Family | Parents: Eldar Gabriadze (1943) and Tamara Chakhava (1946-2017) Spouse(s): Vazha Chiaureli (1969) Issues: Amiran Chakhava (2006), Malkhaz Chakhava (2009), Ramaz Chakhava (2014), Silamaze (2008) and Natela (2011) |
| Biography | Ketevan Chakhava is the last surviving female member of the Tbagaqinuli clan. The clan was established following the marriage of Brzdmtsveli Malkhaz IV and Hagit Na'ava Mashiah (the latter ruled as Brzdmstveli Tamara I after her husband's death, from 1881 to 1888). Ketevan's great-grandmother Tsisana Tbagaqinulishvili and her sister Lela were smuggled out of the capital city hours after the coup d'etat that deposed their mother. During the National War, they lived in Vanora. While Lela remained in Vanora and married a Vanoran noble, Tsisana returned to Mktvartvelo in 1908, marrying Zviad Nasidze, a military officer from the Linkse clan. In 1911, before the birth of their first child, Tsisana officially renamed herself as Tsisana Chakhava. Ketevan's father belonged to a northern family from the Mdinare clan. He married Ketevan's mother, Tamara Chakhava in 1969. They had three children: Ketevan, and other two sons. Following the death of her mother in 2017, Ketevan became the most senior female member of the Tbagaqinuli clan. Ketevan was born in Ktsatskuri in 1975, and studied in Ktsatskuri National University. After finishing her studies 2003, she worked in a law firm until 2009. In 2010, she joined Momakhavali Management, a banking and industrial conglomerate, becoming Director of their International Department in 2013. Ketevan is also known for her charity activities, being the President of Honour of Akhali Shansi Foundation, a non-profit charity organization particularly involved with orphans and children from marginalized families, since 2014. Ketevan's husband, Vazha Chiaureli, belongs to the Mstiani clan, being late Brzdmtsveli Endzela Shengelaia's grandnephew. They have three sons as well as two girls they adopted in 2016. Following the death of Tamaz IV in 2021, she was elected Brzdmtsveli of the Unitary State of Mktvartvelo by the Council of State. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/prsCDDmd/e268e1d1-38d5-4338-9532-4274565ee71b-640.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Volski) | Okropir Djorbenadze |
| Birth | 1956 |
| Clan | Kurdgheli |
| Title | None |
| Education | Maghalitsnobili College, degree on Business and Economics |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | CEO of Msubuk |
| Family | Parents: Bidzina Sarakhisvili (1929-1996) and Maia Djorbenadze (1933-2009) Spouse(s): Natela Khmaladze (1961) Issues: Shota Khmaladze (1984), Gocha Khmaladze (1987), Manana Khmaladze (1990), Bidzina Khmaladze (1992) |
| Biography | Okropir Djorbenadze was born in Azavrelia in 1956. His father Bidzina Sarakhisvili was an economist scholar, professor in the National University of Azavrelia and Chairman of the Central Bank, while her mother came from an important family from southeast Mktvartvelo. In 1986, Okropir joined Propilebi Insurance, where he worked until 1999. In 2001, he joined the board of directors of Msubuk, Mktvartvelo's largest mining corporation. In 2009, he replaced his uncle Vazha Djorbenadze as CEO of the company. Okropir is married with Natela Khmaladze, from the Tskhvari clan. They have four children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/gjhbnb0p/ninidze.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merab_Ninidze) | Tariel Tavadze |
| Birth | 1964 |
| Clan | Chakuchi |
| Title | Judge Tariel Tavadze |
| Education | University of Baghdatsqaro, degree on Law and Administration; Boinomi State College, degree on Religious Jurisprudence, master's degree on Sacred Doctrine |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Former Chairman of the High Court of Appeal Minister of Religious Affairs (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Tornike Gegelia (1933-2014) and Mzia Tavadze (1939) Spouse(s): Eter Nanitashvili (1969) Issues: Nino Nanitashvili (1995), Bedisa Nanitashvili (1998), and Ramaz Nanitashvili (2001) |
| Biography | Tariel Tavadze is a religious scholar, jurist, and judge. He was born in Khoqaro, in southeast Mktvartvelo. In 1997, he joined the University of Zugdilisi as assistant professor on religious law. In 2004, he became a judge, joining a religious court in Tetrumi. Tavidze joined the High Court of Appeal, Mktvartvelo's court of last resort for religious matters, with authority over all religious courts, in 2009. He became Chairman of the High Court of Appeal in 2015. He is also a member of the Supreme Committe of the Order, which is considered the executive council of the Order of Simartlea, since 2011. Therefore, Tavidze is considered the highest-ranking male official in the Order of Simartlea. In 2022, he was appointed Minister of Religious Affairs by Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg23488#msg23488). He continued serving as Minister of Religious Affairs under Gocha Mokleadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28067#msg28067)'s short-lived national government, leaving the government following Mokleadze's resignation on July 2023. He married Eter Nanitashvili, from the Tskhvari clan, in 1967. They have three children. Tavadze joined the Conservative Party in late 2023, becoming candidate to the National Assembly in the 2024 legislative election. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/sDxfQwXM/salome-zourabichvili-aidwiki-1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_Zourabichvili) | Baia Lasha Nioradze |
| Birth | 1952 |
| Clan | Metevze |
| Title | None |
| Education | National University of Azavrelia, degree on Mktvartvelian Literature |
| Roles | Chairman of Akhali Shansi Foundation |
| Family | Parents: Lasha Gelovani (1918-1952) and Gulisa Nioaradze (1927-2001) Spouse(s): Gocha Peradze (1948-2007) Issues: Nana Nioadze (1977), Bedisa Nioaradze (1979), Tinatin Nioradze (1983), Lasha Nioradze (1987), Dzliera Gelovani (1989), Lali Nioardze (1993), and Levan Nioradze (1997) |
| Biography | Baia Lasha Nioradze, commonly known as Lasha Nioradze, is a prominent socialite from Azavrelia. She comes from an important political family. Her grandfather, Lasha Sabatsmindeli, a military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1911 to 1919, while his uncle Shalva Nioradze served as Prime Minister under Brzdmtsveli Goga Shengelia. Her father had been elected to the National Assembly at the age of 26, in 1944, and was appointed Deputy Minister of National Security. However, he was killed in a terrorist attack a few months before Baia Lasha Nioradze was born. Baia Lasha Nioradze married Gocha Peradze, from the Mtsqemsi clan, who is well-known for being the owner of "Namdvili Dghiuri", one of the most important daily newspapers in Azavrelia. They have had seven children together, with Nioradze focusing in her role as mother as well as participating in many social activities. She participated in several charity telethons for Arkhi-4 television channel, from 1999 to 2012. She was also very prominent in charity and fundraising events in Azavrelia and Ktsatskuri since the 1990s. In 1998, along her aunt Sofiko Bagrationi, founded the Akhali Shansi Foundation, a non-profit charity organizations focused on children, particularly providing shelter to orphans and funds and grants to boys and girls from broken homes. In 2007, she became Chairman of the Akhali Shansi Foundation. Her daughter Bedisa married Bidzina Chakhava, Ketevan Chakhava's brother, in 2006. Ketevan would become highly involved in Nioradze's foundation since them, becoming President of Honour of Akhali Shansi Foundation in 2017. |
| (https://www.filmfestivalcottbus.de/images/director_images/5ae2bd1830a64af065b78050ba632e0e_th.jpg) (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0992140/) | Mamuka Keburia |
| Birth | 1959 |
| Clan | Tskhvari |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Sachkhumi, degree in Civil Engineering |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Member of the Council of State; former Chairman of Rvapekha Industries; First Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration, and Minister of State (2023) |
| Family | Parents: Revaz Vachnadze (1930-2008) and Nino Keburia (1933-2020) Spouse(s): Lali Orbeladze (1967) Issues: Mzia Orbeladze (1996), Gela Orbeladze (2002-2019), Lasha Orbeladze (2006) |
| Biography | Mamuka Keburia was the son of Revaz Vachnadze, a prosecutor from Tsakha, and Nino Keburia, who came from a family with prominent member of the administration and religious judges, such as Shalva Keburia, Nino's uncle, who was prominent scholar on the Order of Simartlea, as well as magistrate for three decades. The young Mamuka decided to pursue a different career, and joined the University of Sachkhumi. He started to work as a technician for a communication company in 1983. At the same time, he was involved in different projects until he founded KebuDaZak Inc., a telecommunication company. The company was reestructured and renamed as Rvapekha Industries in 1988, which would evolve to become the first semiconductor chip manufacturer in Mktvartvelo. By 1990, Mamuka became the third millonaire under 35. In 1997, he married Lali Orbeladze, from the Gabedi clan. In 1999, he was appointed to the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Endzela Shengelaia, for his reputation as entrepreneur. He left Rvapekha Industries in 2011, although he remained a large shareholder in the company. He was rumoured as a possible candidate to Prime Minister in 2014, shortly before the appointment of Gela Berdzenishvilii in that role. He has also being involed in the Directorate of National Education, along her wife Lali Orbeladze, who has being involved as donor to several private colleges. His son Gela, who had been suffering from a nervous system disorder since the age of 10, died in 2019. He joined Prime Minister Gocha Mokleadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28067#msg28067)'s government as Minister of State in 2023, serving as First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration. However, the government barely survived ten days. He served as caretaker Prime Minister for several days on July 2023, following Prime Minister Gocha Mokladze's resignation. He was replaced by Shota Samadashvili (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28068#msg28068), after Samadashvili was appointed as Prime Minister by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/bJzrCwfg/3befa0989daf35f5658a617bf183b3ef.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Finn) | Vazha Virsaladze |
| Birth | 1989 |
| Clan | Artsivi |
| Title | None |
| Education | National University of Azavrelia, degree in International Relations; State University of Ktsatskuri, master's degree in International Law |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | Director of the North-Western Region (2020-2021), Minister of International Trade and Cooperation (2023) |
| Family | Parents: Imeda Alagianishvili (1960) and Darejan Virsaladze (1964) Spouse(s): Vardo Tsintsadze (1990) Issues: None |
| Biography | Vazha Virsaladze is the son of a high-ranking military officer. After finishing his studies in International Relations in 2011, he rejoined the military service, serving in the armed forces until 2015. In 2017, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2018 to 2020, he served in several consulates and embassies in Coft Aranye. He was appointed Director of the North-Western Region in 2020. In 2021, he joined the Ministry of Defense. He married Vardo Tsintsadze, from the Mezghvauri clan, in 2020. Virsaladze served as Minister of International Trade and Cooperation, in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government, from March to July 2023. He was again appointed as Minister of International Trade and Cooperation in 2024 in Prime Minister Brdzeni Kvirkvelia's government. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/T3QCpstN/nika.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_Agiashvili) | Shalva Virsaladze |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Artsivi |
| Title | None |
| Education | National University of Azarelia, degree on Law and master's degree on Administrative Law |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | Deputy Mayor of Azavrelia (2014-2022) Mayor of Azavrelia (2022-2024) Member of the Council of State |
| Family | Parents: Imeda Alagianishvili (1960) and Darejan Virsaladze (1964) Spouse(s): Gulisa Paliashvili (1981) Issues: Levan Paliashvili (2009), Gela Paliashvili (2013), and Natela Paliashvili (2015) |
| Biography | Shalva Virsaladze is Imeda Alagianishvili's elder son. Unlike his father, a prominent military officer, he became a state lawyer, in the Ministry of Justice, in 2004. In 2009, he was elected as councillor to Akhlotsertili, a town nearby Azavrelia, being elected to Azavrelia provincial assembly. In 2012, he run to Azavrelia local council election. In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Mayor of Azavrelia. He became Mayor of Azavrelia in 2022. He run to the Council of State as National Renovation in the 2024 legislative election. He is married with Gulisa Paliashvili, whom he has three children, two sons and a daughter. He is Vazha Virsaladze's brother. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/VvctWnRH/georgia-baia-pataraia.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_Pataraia) | Gulisa Paliashvili |
| Birth | 1981 |
| Clan | Mezghvauri |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Tsnumi, degree on Geography and History |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | General Director of Akhali Leksebi (2017-2024) Minister of Education |
| Family | Parents: Levan Zakariadze (1949-2016) and Bedna Paliashvili (1954) Spouse(s): Shalva Virsaladze (1978) Issues: Levan Paliashvili (2009), Gela Paliashvili (2013), and Natela Paliashvili (2015) |
| Biography | Gulisa Paliashvili is the daughter of writer and filmmaker Levan Zakariadze, who also served as representative in the Council of State from 1997 until his death. Her uncle was also a prominent military officer who served in the armed forces' General Staff from 1994 to 2008. Gulisa Paliashvili was a teacher in a high school in Tsnumi from 2005 to 2008, where she moved to Azavrelia after marrying Shalva Virsaladze, from the Artvisi clan, with whom she would have three children. She was briefly assistant professor in the University of Azavrelia from 2012 to 2013. She became General Director of Akhali Leksebi, a publishing house based in Azavrelia, in 2017. She lives between Azavrelia and Ktsatskuri, as Akhali Leksebi sponsored a bookshop in the capital city in late 2019. She also joined the Directorate of National Education in 2020. She was appointed Minister of Education in 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/3x24BnNj/532614-jpg-c-310-420-x-f-jpg-q-x-xxyxx.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinatin_Dalakishvili) | Vardo Tsintsadze |
| Birth | 1990 |
| Clan | Mezghvauri |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Abakha, degree on Mktvartvelian Studies |
| Roles | None |
| Family | Parents: Orivegza Paliashvili (1951) and Manana Tsintsadze (1959) Spouse(s): Vazha Virsaladze (1989) Issues: Irakli Paliashvili (2022) |
| Biography | After finishing university, Vardo worked in several high schools in Dasavleteba province from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, she started to work as freelance translator. In 2020, she married Vazha Virsaladze, from the Artsivi clan. She moved to Azavrelia in 2020, as his husband was appointed Director of North-Western Region in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although she returned to her hometown for a few months in 2021 after her husband was involved in several diplomatic initiatives abroad for a few months. She would move to Ktsatskuri in 2021. Vardo Tsintsadze is Gulisa Paliashvili's cousin. Her cousin Gulisa is also married to Vardo's brother-in-law, Shalva Virsaladze. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/WbkTHcfB/eka-zguladze.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eka_Zguladze) | Nino Shalikashvili |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Mezghvauri |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree on Social Law; State University of Azavrelia, master of Advanced Studies on Urban Anthropology |
| Political affiliation | Radical Democratic Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly, Deputy Minister of Housing and Social Policy (2020-2022) Parliamentary spokesperson of the Radical Democratic Party in the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Malkhaz Burchuladze (1950) and Amaqa Shalikashvili (1955-2020) Spouse(s): Avtandil Gabashvili (1973) Issues: Lela Shalikashvili (2009) and Tariel Shalikashvili (2013) |
| Biography | Nino Shalikashvili was born in Gorani, in 1978. At the time, her grandfather was governor in the province. She moved to Khashumi, in northern Mktvartvelo, in 1996, where she enrolled in the local university. She moved to Azavrelia in 2004. She became assistant professor in the University of Azavrelia in 2007. In 2008, she married Avtandil Gabashvili, from the Mkhedari clan. Her father, Malkhaz Burchuladze, was a member of the National Assembly from 1992 to 2008, and has been mayor of Azavrelia, Mktvartvelo's largest city, from 2010 to 2014. In 2019, Nino was elected to the National Assembly. In 2020, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Housing and Social Policy. She and her husband have two children, born in 2009 and 2013, respectively. She joined the Radical Democratic Party, and became the Radical Democratic Party parliamentary spokesperson in the National Assembly in 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/zvScdK2w/176669-giorgi-kipshidze.jpg) (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2375656/) | Avtandil Gamrekeli |
| Birth | 1977 |
| Clan | Damiralebi |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree on Journalism |
| Roles | Director of ERK (2018-2022) |
| Family | Parents: Shalva Koberidze (1946) and Salimaze Gamrekeli (1951) Spouse(s): Mzia Tsiskaridze Issues: Levan Tsiskaridze (2016) and Bedisa Tsiskaridze (2020) |
| Biography | Avtandil Gamrekeli joined Akhali Khashumi, a daily newspaper in Khaskhumi, in 2000. In 2005, he lived abroad, where he completed a degree in Communication Studies. He returned to Mktvartvelo in 2014, joining ERK, a state-owned radio network. He married Mzia Tsiskaridze, from the Isari clan, in 2015. They have had two children since then. He was appointed Director of ERK in 2018. He served in that role until September 2022. Avtandil's wife, Mzia Tsiskaridze, is Chairman Vakhtang Tsiskaridze's niece. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/RCPHcK8m/640px-Mariam-Khutsurauli.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariam_Khutsurauli) | Irma Gordeli |
| Birth | 1959 |
| Clan | Mela |
| Title | Kanonisarabeli |
| Education | Ordered priestess in 1980; State College of Kutatsqaro, degree on Simartlean Doctrine (1988); Holy College of Azavrelia, title on Religious Jurisprudence (2010) |
| Roles | Chairman of the High Court of Appeal |
| Family | Parents: Gaiktsa Gegelia (1928-2007) and Nano Gokieli (1933-2001) Spouse(s): None Issues: None |
| Biography | Irma Gordeli was born in Avispopeli, a small town nearby Ktsatskuri, in 1959, in a family belonging to the Mela clan. She joined a religious residence at age 12, and became a priestess in 1980, in a temple consacrated to Mamtsvari. A member of the General Assembly of the Order of Simartlea, a consultive body, since 1990, she was appointed to the Supreme Committee of the Order in 2001. In 2009, she retired from priesthood, becoming a religious magistrate in 2014. She has been a judge in a religious court in Azavrelia, from 2014 to 2019, until she was appointed to the High Court of Appeal, the highest religious court, in 2019. In 2020, she was granted the title of Kanonisarabeli (meaning "bearer of law"), which is considered to have a status of nobility title. In 2022, she became Chairman of the High Court of Appeal. After leaving the priesthood, Gordeli has remained single and she has no children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/K8Fhxq7r/b3ca8542-5798-41af-a90f-8b902632797f-640.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Surguladze) | Elodeba Ketilgantshivili |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Chakuchi |
| Title | High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea |
| Education | Ordered priestess in 2000; Holy College of Tsakha, degree on Simartlean Rites (2011) |
| Roles | High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea (since 2014) |
| Family | Parents: Shalva Balguridze (1950) and Natela Abuladze (1956) Spouse(s): none Issues: none |
| Biography | Elodeba Ketilgantshivili (born Elodeba Abuladze) was ordered priestess in 2000, after she joined a temple consacrated to the Shavrinveli goddess. She moved to another temple consacrated to the same goddess in 2008. She completed her theological studies in 2011. In 2012, she joined the Shrine of Dalotsvili Shadrevani, being appointed High Priestess of the Order of Simartlea in 2014. She became senior High Priestess following the election of High Priestess Tsiuri as Sinatdedopali in 2020. She is single and has no children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/RZVFHdYW/640full-shorena-begashvili.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorena_Begashvili) | Nino Gamrekeli |
| Birth | 1982 |
| Clan | Damiralebi |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degreee on Midanye Languages; State University of Azavrelia, master's degree on Communication |
| Roles | TV host for "Bolo Pikrebi" (ERT), 2017-2024 |
| Family | Parents: Shalva Koberidze (1946) and Salimaze Gamrekeli (1951) Spouse(s): Amiran Gongadze (1977) Issues: Tornike Gamrekeli (2010), Mzia Gamrekeli (2014), Natela Gamrekeli (2016) |
| Biography | Nino Gamrekeli is a journalist and TV presenter. She is Avtandil Gamrekeli's (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg22422#msg22422) sister. Nino started her career on TV in 2008, working as a reporter for ERT, the national radio and television broadcaster. She was the morning news presenter from 2011 to 2014. She was in a leave of absence from 2014 to 2017. That year, she returned as TV presenter in a sport show. Six month later, she would start as TV presenter in a new show, "Bolo Pikrebi", which combined entertainment and interviews with well-known guests such as celebrities, artists, and politicians. Although it started with mixed ratings, the show would consolidate and becoming most viewed show in ERT. It was revealed in 2021 that her salary was $1.4 million under her new contract, making her the most paid journalist in Mktvartvelo. She has received several prizes for her role as journalist in the last years. Nino has also had guest appearances in several TV series and movies. She is married and has three children. Gamrekeli left ERT in 2024, starting a new program in Channel 7 in early 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/HWQKJrPK/images-3.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakli_Labadze) | Merab Arakishvili |
| Birth | 1980 |
| Clan | Linkse |
| Title | None |
| Education | Regional College of Martvila |
| Roles | Minister of Sports and Civic Education (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Bidzina Metrishvili (1959) and Gulisa Arakishvili (1960) Spouse(s): Tsiuri Bakradze (1987) Issues: Lasha Bakradze (2018) and Lela Bakradze (2021) |
| Biography | Merab Arakishvili is a former tennis player and politician. As a tennis player, he has won the Mktvartvelian National Tennis Championship four times, in 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2012. He retired in 2014. He worked as a coach from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, he obtained a 2-month degree on Business and Administration in the Regional College of Martvila, a private university. He was deputy president of the Mktvartvelian Tennis Federation from 2016 to 2020. Arakishvili strongly advocated for the professionalization of tennis in Mktvartvelo during his tenure. He run as candidate to become president of the tennis federation but was defeated in a close election. In 2017, he founded, along a group of businessmen and investors, Momavali Investment, a sports and media investment company, which has invested in sports events in Coft Arayne, as well as offering legal advice to sportpeople and clubs. In early 2022, Arakishvili was appointed Minister of Sports and Civic Education, declaring that his efforts as minister will be focused in the promotion of sports in the youth and the professionalization and consolidation of sports in Mktvartvelo. He left the government on July 2023. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/wv7b82qf/what-is-the-profession-zaza-urushadze-2019-04-09-2.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaza_Urushadze) | Gocha Gvasalia |
| Birth | 1959 |
| Clan | Metevze |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Tsumi, degree on Law |
| Roles | Secretary of the Office of the Brzdmtsveli (1999-2002, and 2022-) |
| Family | Parents: Gela Khoshtaria (1926-1981) and Eter Gvasalia (1937-2008) Spouse(s): Gulisa Nikuradze (1966-2013) Issues: Eloda Nikuradze (1989), Imeda Nikuradze (1993), Shalva Nikuradze (1996), Tsminda Nikuradze (1999), and Kvan Nikuradze (2002) |
| Biography | Gocha Gvasalia is a Mktvartvelian civil servant. He studied Law in the University of Tsnumi. He joined the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information in 1989. In 1994, he was appointed as General Administrator of the National Heritage. From 1999 to 2002, he served as Secretary for the Office of the Brzdmtsveli, under Brzdmtsveli Endzela Shengelaia. In 2004, he was appointed as head administrator of the Shoreuli Sakhli Palace, one of the official residences of the Brzdmtsveli. He would be appointed Secretary of the Office of the Brzdmtsveli for a second time by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan Chakhava in 2022. Gvasalia has six children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/3R0dL0sV/Elena-Satine.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Satine) | Nano Tsabaurashvili |
| Birth | 1987 |
| Clan | Naviskhalkhi |
| Title | None |
| Education | Polytechnic School of Azvrelia |
| Roles | Assistant for the Office of the Brzdmtsveli |
| Family | Parents: Imeda Meladze (1957-1991) and Lali Tsabaurashvili (1963) Spouse(s): Shalva Paliashvili (1981) Issues: Mzia Tsabaurashvili (2013) and Nino Tsabaurashvili (2015) |
| Biography | Nano Tsabaurashvili's parents served as employees for the Nioradze family, particularly for Darejan Nioradze. From 2007 to 2010, she joined a trade school in Azavrelia. She married Shalva Paliashvili in 2011. From 2012 to 2016, the couple lived in Tsnumi. She worked for Dakhmareba Group, a service company associated to the Mtsqemsi clan, from 2017 to 2021. She became assistant in the Office of the Brzdmtsveli in 2022. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/XYj6r5PM/008.jpg) (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2067091/) | Zviad Maichadze |
| Birth | 1981 |
| Clan | Meglebi |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Ktsatskuri, degree on Political Science |
| Political affiliation | Coalition of the True Right |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Brdzeni Vardashvili (1955) and Lela Maichadze (1959) Spouse(s): Eto Dzhibladze (1984) Issues: Okropir Dzhibladze (2011) and Imedia Dzhibladze (2016) |
| Biography | Zviad Maichadze was born in a residential town nearby Ktsatskuri. After finishing the university, he worked in Ktsatskuri as minor assistant in the local government, until 2010. From 2012 to 2017, he worked for a lobbying firm. In 2020, he run as candidate in the legislative assembly, being elected to the National Assembly. He joined the Coalition of the True Right parliamentary group in 2024. Her mother, Lela Maichadze, is a lawyer, member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2019, and member of the Council of State from 2019. Zviad is married and has two children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/TPsYnKTC/220px-Davit-Kezerashvili.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davit_Kezerashvili) | Tamaz Eksanishvili |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Mdinare |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Ktsatskuri, degree on Law |
| Political affiliation | Coalition of the True Right |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly President of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Givi Burjanadze (1949-2009) and Manana Eksanishvili (1954) Spouse(s): Nino Murtazashvili (1982) Issues: Natela Murtazashvili (2009) and Givi Murtazashvili (2014) |
| Biography | After finishing the military service, he enlisted in the armed forces, serving until 2008. He worked for a security firm until he graduated in 2012. From 2012 to 2015, he joined a corporate law firm and became an investor, particularly involved in technology and information companies. He would be elected to the National Assembly in 2017. He was reelected in the 2022 legislative election. Eksanishvili is a descendant of Tamaz Kakadze, an influential Mktvartvelian politician in early 20th century. Eksanishvili is also known for being allegedly a member of the Mktvartvelian Brotherhood, a controversial cultural and political organization. He is married and has two children. He joined the Coalition of the True Right in early 2024. He was appointed President of the National Assembly following the 2024 legislative election. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/yNCnTznn/images.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zalkaliani) | Bidzina Samkharadze |
| Birth | 1967 |
| Clan | Linkse |
| Title | His Excellency Prime Minister |
| Education | State University of Azavrelia, degree on History, master's degree on Modern Economic History |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly; Prime Minister (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Gocha Kikabidze (1936-2001) and Tsiuri Samkharadze (1944-2018) Spouse(s): Lali Nakashidze (1974) Issues: Lasha Nakashidze (2000), Mzia Nakashidze (2004), and Lela Nakashidze (2007) |
| Biography | Before entering politics, Samkharadze was known as a scholar. He has published several books, on national development, regional history, and economic history, and has taught in several higher education centers in Mktvartvelo. He would be elected to the National Assembly for first time in 2008. He was reelected in 2013 and 2018. As a lawmaker, Samkharadze was consider one with a reformist and liberal record, being associated with the so-called "Liberal Wing" of the National Assembly. He has expressed support for electoral and political reforms, although after 2016 his initiatives were mostly focused on the fields of economic policy, administrative reform, and industrial development. On early 2022, Brzdmtsveli Ketevan, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gela Berdzenishvili, announced the appointment of Samkharadze as Prime Minister, despite the latter lack of political experience in government positions. Samkharadze's first administration has been described as a "liberal-nationalist coalition". His government introduced several social and liberal policies, increasing both social and defense spending. After a setback of legislative defeats and in the middle of a wave of violent student protests, Samkharadze resigned as Prime Minister on July 2023, barely one year and a half after his appointment. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/SNhnKLRX/10448756-723931490998158-6806001686716041791-n.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakli_Menagarishvili) | Zviad Ghoghoberidze |
| Birth | 1952 |
| Clan | Itsavsi |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Lagotsminda, degree on Finance and Accounting; University of Azavrelia, master's degree in Administrative Law |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | President of the National Assembly (2012-2022) Member of the Council of State |
| Family | Parents: Mamuka Dodisi (1929-1993) and Nano Chubinashvili (1937-2008) Spouse(s): Mesame Alasania (1962) Issues: Nino Alasania (1986), Ramaz Alasania (1989), Okropir Alasania (1992), and Amiran Alasania (1996) |
| Biography | Zviad Ghoghoberidze was elected to the National Assembly for first time in 1990, he would be reelected in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. Ghoghoberidze has served as Minister of Economic Development from 2002 to 2006, Minister of Public Works and Transport from 2006 to 2009, and Minister of Energy from 2010 to 2011. He was elected President of the National Assembly in 2012, serving until 2022. He was appointed to the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan a few months after being replaced as President of the National Assembly by Ramaz Kintsurashvili. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/mkCG0Pb6/Bidzina-Ivanishvili-2013-07-19.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidzina_Ivanishvili) | Ramaz Kintsurashvili |
| Birth | 1955 |
| Clan | Mdinare |
| Title | His Honourable Speaker Mr. Kintsurashvili |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree on Sociology; master's degree on Constitutional Law |
| Political affiliation | Moderate Alignment |
| Roles | President of the National Assembly (2022-2024) |
| Family | Parents: Zurab Alexidze (1925-1996) and Makvala Kintsurashvili (1931-2010) Spouse(s): Tamriko Abasheli (1962) Issues: Shalva Abasheli (1984), Lasha Abasheli (1987), Manana (1987-2018), Eter (1991), and Tinatin (1995) |
| Biography | Ramaz Kintsurashvili is a Mktvartvelian politician. In 1979, he was elected to the local council in Gorania. 1986, he joined the provincial assembly of Gorania, serving until 1994. In 1995, Kintsurashvili was elected to the National Assembly. He was served as a member of the National Assembly since them, excluding from 2001 to 2005, when he served as prefect for the Prefecture of Khashumi. He served as Deputy Minister of Energy from 1999 to 2001. He was appointed as Prefect in Khaskhumi from 2001 to 2005. In 2006, he returned to the National Assembly. He has been reelected in every reelection since them. He served as Minister of Administrative Affairs from 2008 to 2013. From 2013 to 2015, he served as Minister of State as well. Despite joining the national government in a conservative-leaning administration, Kintsurashvili was considered one of the leading members of the Moderate faction of the National Assembly. He served for 14 months in Prime Minister Gela Berzenishvili's government and after leaving the government, he was actively both supportive and critical of many government initiatives. In February 2022, following the 2677 legislative elections, he was elected as President of the National Assembly. He remained President of the National Assembly until February 2024. Ramaz Kintsurashvili is married to Tamriko Abasheli, from the Ghorini clan. They have had five children. Their daughter Manana died in 2018. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/RC14Zg6D/t60potfh-5d48731a70be18-14222930-jpg.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Darchiashvili) | Otar Keburia |
| Birth | 1979 |
| Clan | Tskhvari |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree in Law |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly, former Minister of Housing and Social Policy (2019-2022) and Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy (2021-2022), Minister of Healthcare (2023) |
| Family | Parents: Lasha Shoshiashvili (1951) and Eter Keburia (1956) Spouse(s): Lela Sokadze (1984) Issues: Nana Sokadze (2012) and Darejan Sokadze (2016) |
| Biography | Otar Keburia began a career as prosecutor in 2002, aged 23. He was given a position in Chiaiki provincial court. He was elected to Khashumi local council in 2010. He only served one term and he run as candidate to the National Assembly in 2015. Keburia would be reelected in 2019, and he was appointed by Prime Minister Gela Berzenishvili as Minister of Housing and Social Policy the same year. In early 2021, he was promoted as Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy as well. He would leave the government in 2022, following the appointment of Bidzina Samkharadze as Prime Minister. Otar Keburia is married and has two children. His uncle, Mamuka Keburia (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg22293#msg22293), serves in the Council of State. In 2023, he was appointed as Minister of Healthcare in Prime Minister Gocha Mokleadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28067#msg28067)'s short-lived government. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/ZRrTdSH1/1643796058-burchuladze-12.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juansher_Burchuladze) | Gocha Khoshtaria |
| Birth | 1977 |
| Clan | Ghvari |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Dmaroni, degree in Business Administration |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Tornike Amashukheli (1949-2019) and Tsisana Khoshtaria (1952) Spouse(s): Sopho Charkviani (1986) Issues: Okropir Charkviani (2002) and Levan Charkviani (2008) |
| Biography | Gocha Khoshtaria is a Mktvartvelian politician. He worked for a business consultancy firm from 2001 to 2010. He later worked as treasured for a private university in Ozurkha. He run as candidate to the Council of State in 2013, but he did not was elected. In 2015, he would be elected to the National Assembly, as candidate in Ozhurka. Since joining the National Assembly, he is considering to belong to the Liberal faction of the parliament. While his interventions in the National Assembly have often being described as pro-business and liberal-leaning, he has also been very critical of the national government traditional doctrine on foreign policy. He has expressed support toward the appointment of Bidzina Samkharadze as Prime Minister. However, he has also expressed criticism in certain policy decisions and appointments by Samkharadze's government. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/76s8v4gz/E11229-F4-3-ADB-4-B0-C-8629-0178-F6-D6-E053-w1200-r1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatuna_Kalmakhelidze) | Aka Goglidze |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Shemkmneli |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khaskhumi, degree in Sociology; National University of Valori, master's degree in Legal History |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Minister of Immigration Policy (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Irakli Korsantishvili (1949) and Inga Goglidze (1955) Spouse(s): Mukhran Tikanadze (1976) Issues: Imeda Goglidze (2011) and Silamaze Goglidze (2017) |
| Biography | Born in Khoqaro in 1978, Aka Goglidze obtained a technical degree on social studies in the State College of Samtrisi in 1998. She joined the armed forces in 1999, where she would eventually reach the rank of Major. In 2006, she graduated in the University of Khaskhumi. From 2009 to 2011, she taught in Baghdatsgaro Academy of War Studies. Goglidze joined the Ministry of State in 2018. She served as Minister of Immigration Policy in Bidzina Samkharadze's government from 2022 to 2023. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2024, as a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party. She is married and has two children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/y62bqXfQ/show-photo-icon.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badri_Bitsadze) | Zviad Alaverdashvili |
| Birth | 1959 |
| Clan | Khmali |
| Title | Rear Admiral (retired) |
| Education | Guram Ananidze National Military Academy |
| Political affiliation | Coalition of the True Right |
| Roles | Minister Public Order and Security (2022-2023); Deputy Prime Minister for State Security (2022-2023); Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2023) |
| Family | Parents: Levan Bagashvili (1930-1999) and Mzia Alaverdashvili (1933-2009) Spouse(s): Nino Roinashvili (1966) Issues: Okropir Roinashvili (1982), Bidzina Roinashvili (1986), and Silamaze Roinhashvili (1989) |
| Biography | Zviad Alaverdashvili enlisted to the armed forces in 1978, graduating in Guram Ananidze National Military Academy, in Senakha. He joined the Navy, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral in 2010. He taught in the Tsagedia Military Academy from 2010 to 2014. In 2014, he was appointed to the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Tamaz Japharidze. He officially retired from service a few weeks later. In the Council of State, he was particularly focused on national security and foreign policy. His views were described as nationalist, particularly after the publication of the "Akhalikhazi Report" (2018), which he co-wrote. He has also expressed criticism toward proposed legislation aimed to expand and increase the freedom of religion in Mktvartvelo. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for State Security and and Minister of Public Order and Security in 2022, joining Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg23488#msg23488)'s government. He resigned from the national government and rescinded his support, in disagreement with the Prime Minister's management of the wave of violent protests on Summer 2023. Following Samkharadze's resignation on July 2023, he was appointed as Minister of Justice in Prime Minister Gocha Mokleadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28067#msg28067)'s short-lived national government. He is married and has three children. He joined the Coalition of the True Right in early 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/VkPNLkBq/thumb.jpg) (http://Zurab_Azarashvili) | Lasha Katsarava |
| Birth | 1977 |
| Clan | Kitari |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree in Law; State College for National Security and Foreign Policy |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022-2023 and 2024) |
| Family | Parents: Vakhtang Basilaia (1949-2019) and Tsisana Katsarava (1953) Spouse(s): Tatuna Nikeladze (1981) Issues: Givi Nikeladze (2006), Amiran Nikeladze (2009), and Manana Nikeladze (2014) |
| Biography | After finishing his military service, Lasha Katsarava graduated in the University of Khashumi, obtaining a degree in Law. He enlisted to the armed forces in 2001. He served for seven years, reaching the rank of Captain in the Ground Forces. In 2009, he enrolled in the State College for National Security and Foreign Policy, where he obtained a degree in International Relations and Regional History. In 2013, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Policy. He served as a diplomat in several countries from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, he served as General Director for Strategic Planning. He also served as ambassador in Zaporozh from 2020 to 2021. He returned to Mktvartvelo, having briefly an administrative position in the State College for National Security and Foreign Policy. In 2022, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs until March 2023. He was appointed once again as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Brdzeni Kvirkvelia's government in February 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/nrzHH7f3/images.jpg) (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigol_Vashadze) | Anzor Papuashvili |
| Birth | 1958 |
| Clan | Pridoni |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Azavrelia, degree in History |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Mayor of Azavrelia (2014-2022), Minister of State (2022), Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration (2022), Minister of Administrative Affairs (2023) |
| Family | Parents: Irakli Gegelia (1924-2003) and Irma Papuashvili (1930-2011) Spouse(s): Marlena Chkonia (1966) Issues: Mamuka Chkonia (1993), Anzor Chkonia (1996), Tariel Chkonia (2001), Lela Chkonia (2005), and Eter Chknonia (2005) |
| Biography | Anzor Papuashvili entered in politics in 2004, he had been previously a professor in a private college. That year, he was elected to Azavrelia local council. He served from 2004 to 2010. While he comes from a highly influential clan in Mktvartvelo, his first tenure in Azavrelia local politics was mostly unnoticed. In late 2010, he was appointed to the Council of State by the National Assembly. In 2014, he was appointed as Mayor of Azavrelia. He served as mayor until 2022, when he was appointed Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government. However in August 2022, following his involvement in the middle of a wiretapping scandal, he resigned from the national government. He rejoined the national government in 2023, during Prime Minister Gocha Mokleadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28067#msg28067)'s short-lived government, in which he was appointed as Minister of Administrative Affairs. He run in the 2024 legislative election as candidate of the Conservative Party in Azavrelia second metropolitan district in the Council of State, but he failed to be elected, finishing fourth. He is married and has five children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/ryNTKMDt/5e4fd7f9517fc.png) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterine_Tikaradze) | Veriko Kochladze |
| Birth | 1976 |
| Clan | Sasazghvro |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of University of Tsagedia, degree in Law and master's degree in Information Law |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Minister of Justice (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Vazha Djorbenadze (1946) and Nino Kochladze (1949) Spouse(s): Irakli Kakhidze (1974) Issues: Gela Kochladze (2009) and Gulisa Kochladze (2013) |
| Biography | Veriko Kochladze worked for a law firm from 2002 to 2010. She also worked as legal consultant for an energy company from 2011 to 2014. In 2015, she was elected to the National Assembly. She was particularly active in issues such as legal reform and administrative organization. She was reelected in 2020. She served in the Committee for Telecommunications and Information Technology, from 2021 to 2022. From 2022 to 2023, she was appointed as Minister of Justice in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government. Kochladze is married and has two children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/jjn7CBG3/min012.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamar_Chugoshvili) | Tsiuri Mazniashvili |
| Birth | 1984 |
| Clan | Tsikhe |
| Title | None |
| Education | Azavrelia Technical University, degree on Business Administration and Information Technology |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Minister of Economic Development (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Shalva Kvinitadze (1958) and Tatuna Mazniashvili (1961) Spouse(s): Givi Maglakelidze (1980) Issues: Mukhran Mazniashvili (2016) |
| Biography | Tsiuri Mazniashvili was born in 1984 in Restejo, in southern Mktvartvelo. She moved to Azavrelia in 2002, enrolling in the Azavrelia Technical University. She graduated in Business Administration and Information Technology in 2007. She joined the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information as an intern that same year. From 2006 to 2012, she was also involved for "Tetri Khelebi", an anti-corruption civic organization. She returned to Restejo in 2014, the same year she married Givi Maglakelidze, a lawyer from Tbaghi. They had a son in 2016. She was elected to the Council of State in 2019. From 2022 to 2023, she served as Minister of Economic Development in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/Gh0TFyXX/4c6755d4-86ff-485a-9374-4e76c99a7511-640.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Burjanadze) | Ketilshobili Shengelaia |
| Birth | 1958 |
| Clan | Ertviani |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Azavrelia, degree in Law |
| Roles | Chairman of Shengelaia Fund |
| Family | Parents: Ramaz Abashidze (1928-1989) and Lela Shengelaia (1936-2011) Spouse(s): Malkhaz Ptskialadze (1951) Issues: Otar Shengelaia (1979), Bedna Shengelaia (1982), Nino Shengelaia (1984), Inga Shengelaia (1993), Levan Shengelaia (1997) |
| Biography | Ketilshobili Shengelaia was born in 1958 in Ktsatskuri, into the Shengelaia family, one of the wealthiest families in Mktvartvelo's families at the time, in the influential Ertviani clan. She enrolled in the University of Azavrelia although she interrupted her studies in 1978 to get married with Malkhaz Ptskialadze, from the Mstiani clan. She finally graduated with a degree of Law in the University of Azavrelia in 1988. She joined Abreshuminet as an intern, later becoming Director General of Operations in 1992. Along her husband, she established Gaghviveba Industries in 1994, which was later incorporated into Gunia Holding. From 1997 to 2012, she was mostly focused on her family, and had a more secondary role compared to her husband, which was appointed Deputy Chairman of Gunia Holding in 1999. In 2014, however, she became CEO of Shengelaia Fund, an investment company founded and owned by her family. She's currently Chairman of Shengelaia Fund, as well as serving in the board of directors of Gunia Holding. After the death of her mother and her sister, Ketilshobilii is both the head of the Shengelaia family and even informally considered as "the matriarch" of the Ertviani clan. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/xjZnp6d9/qobalia-vera234-big.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Kobalia) | Eto Kvachantiradze |
| Birth | 1980 |
| Clan | Nichbosani |
| Title | None |
| Education | Regional University of Jvarisi, degree in mechanical engineering; University of Khashumi, master's degree in Business Administration and Accounting |
| Political affiliation | Undeclared |
| Roles | Minister of Energy (2022-2023), CEO of MKT Energia-NaMoGaz |
| Family | Parents: Tamaz Janjgavadze (1957) and Eka Kvachantiradze (1958) Spouse(s): Amiran Inauri (1974) Issues: Mesame Kvachantiradze (2007) |
| Biography | Kvachantiradze graduated in 2003 in the University of Jvarisi in mechanical engineering. She did an internship in Napertskali Corporation before moving to Khashumi, where she obtained a master's degree in the University of Khashumi, in 2006. From 2008 to 2011, she worked in MKT Energia, particularly in the Engineering and Electricity Division. From 2011 to 2018, she worked for Mkt-NaMoGaz, a state-owned energy company. In 2019, she joined the Ministry of Energy as a business consultant. Kvachantiradze served as Minister of Energy from 2022 to 2023 in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government. She is married and she has one daughter. She was appointed CEO of MKT Energia-NaMoGaz on November 2023. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/bwZXYNW7/2352.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnara_Karimova) | Zhuldyz Birinseli |
| Birth | 1980 |
| Clan | Akeldi |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Dmaroni, diploma in Law and Administration; University of Azavrelia, degree in Economics |
| Roles | Chairman of Dasvenebalis Inc. |
| Family | Parents: Bek Opakadze (1946) and Bibigul Birinseli (1956) Spouse(s): Ramaz Leseridze (1976) Issues: Kargi Birinseli (2002) and Assem Birinseli (2008) |
| Biography | Zhuldyz Birinseli is a businesswoman born in Ozurkha, southern Mktvartvelo in 1980. She is an ethnic Kychma (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2396.msg21928#msg21928). Her grandfather established a large agrarian business which still belongs to the family. Zhuldyz got married in 1999, and the couple had a son in 2002. They moved to Azavrelia the next year. Zhuldyz would continue her studies there, graduating in Economics in the University of Azavrelia in 2011. She worked for Momakhavali Management, a banking and industrial conglomerate, from 2011 to 2015. She founded her own company, Dasvenebalis Inc., a restaurant chain, in 2016. The company later expanded into fashion and hotel sectors. In 2017, she joined the Board of Directors of Saubari, a social media company established by her husband. In 2019, Saubari would be acquired by Gatsval for more than $1 billion. Zhuldyz and Leseridze have also invested in real estate. She also joined the boards of directors of Aguri Corporation (a construction company owned by her husband's family), Pasdakleba, Meskheti Inc., and Tamashi Studios in recent years. Zhuldyz has also been active in charity initiatives, particularly in Azavrelia and her native province, and cultural events. In late 2021, she became the owner of Azavrelia FC, a football club, after she acquired an additional 35% of the shares of the club. It was reported that she acquired real estate abroad in recent months as well. Since 2022, she is also Vice-Chairman of the MPPL (Mktvartvelo Professional Premier League), the sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues of Mktvartvelo since 2022. She has been reportedly close to Brzdmtsveli Ketevan Chakhava for at least a decade. Birinseli also owns 25% of Channel 7, through an investment fund owned by Dasvenebalis Inc., a private television channel. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/pXSt8Gpm/921230.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Karimova-Tillyaeva) | Inzhu Birinseli |
| Birth | 1977 |
| Clan | Akeldi |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Dmaroni, degree in Industrial Agronomy; diploma in Business and Political Economy |
| Roles | CEO of Niadatsqali Inc. |
| Family | Parents: Bek Opakadze (1946) and Bibigul Birinseli (1956) Spouse(s): Pharnavaz Burundukadze (1971) Issues: Mamuka Birinseli (2003), Anara Birinseli (2008), and Koba Birinseli (2011) |
| Biography | Inzhu Birinseli is a businesswoman born in Ozurkha, southern Mktvartvelo in 1977. An ethnic Kychma (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2396.msg21928#msg21928), she comes from a wealthy family from southern Mktvartvelo. Her sister Zhuldyz Birinseli (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg24178#msg24178) is a well-known businesswoman as well. Inzu got married in 2000. They couple has had two sons and a daughter. In 2004, she started to work as an intern for Niadatsqali Inc. In 2008, she established, along her husband, Tesli Seed, an agribusiness company mostly involved in the production and distribution of soybean and corn seeds. In 2008, the company would be acquired by Niadatsqali Inc. During the next years, she would be focused in family affairs, as well as investing in real estate. In 2012, she was appointed as Director of Communications for Niadatsqali Inc. The next year, she also joined the company board of directors. She left her position as Director of Communications in 2016. She served as representative of the company in diverse roles in the following years as well. In 2022, she replaced his father Bek Opakadze as CEO of Niadatsqali Inc. She is considered one of the richest people in Mktvartvelo. Since 2023, she also owns a 25% of Channel 7, a private television in Mktvartvelo, in which her sister (http://url=https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg24178#msg24178) also owns an additional 25% of the shares. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/jdDyZ2dM/Ambassador-Lomaia.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lomaia) | Otar Nasidze |
| Birth | 1964 |
| Clan | Nagazia |
| Title | None |
| Education | Akhalihaeri Military Academy, State College for National Security and Foreign Policy, degree on International Relations |
| Political affiliation | Undeclared |
| Roles | Diplomat (2006-2021), Minister of State, Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration and First Deputy Prime Minister |
| Family | Parents: Malkhaz Imnadze (1939) and Lela Nasidze (1943) Spouse(s): Mzia Kokadze (1966) Issues: Tornike Kokadze (1989), Avtandil Kokadze (1992), Eldar Kokadze (1996), and Inga Kokadze (2001) |
| Biography | Otar Nasidze joined the armed forces, reached the rank of Colonel in 2008. In 2006, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served minor roles in different embassies and consulates in Coft Aranye until he was appointed as ambassador to Samantra in 2014. In 2021, he went back to Mktvartvelo, serving in an advisory role for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed as Chairman of the Center for Coft Aranye Studies, a higher education institution established in 2022. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration and First Deputy Prime Minister in 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/vHs0FjNc/thumb.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurab_Adeishvili) | Brdzeni Chavchavadze |
| Birth | 1972 |
| Clan | Mela |
| Title | None |
| Education | Guram Ananidze National Military Academy; National College of Ktsatskuri, degree in National History |
| Political affiliation | Social National Party |
| Roles | Minister of National Security (2022-2023) and Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Policy and National Defense (2022-2023) Speaker of the Social National Party parliamentary group in the National Assembly (2024) |
| Family | Parents: Okropir Basilashvili (1941-2022) and Eto Chavchavadze (1945) Spouse(s): Marlena Zakhariadze (1975) Issues: Zurab Zakhariadze (2001), Bedna Zakhariadze (2004), and Lali Zakhariadze (2010) |
| Biography | Chavchavadze joined the armed forces. He reached the rank of Major, befor retiring in 2003. He joined the Baghdatsgaro Academy of War Studies as professor in 2007. Previously, he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Tsagedia. He has wrote three books on military studies. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2013, being reelected in 2018. He was mostly focused on legislation regarding law enforcement and immigration policy. In foreign policy, he was critical of Prime Minister Gela Berdzenishvili's administration and Chavchavadze gained a reputation as one of the members of the nationalist faction in the National Assembly. In 2022, he was appointed as Minister of National Security by Prime Minister Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze. He also was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Policy and National Defense, becoming one of the highest ranking ministers in Samkharadze's government. He was reelected for a third term in the National Assembly in 2023. He resigned from the government on late June 2023, a few days before Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze announced his resignation. He joined the recently established Social National Party in 2023. In 2024, he became Social National Party parliamentary speaker in the National Assembly in 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/6QVnW77b/beselia.jpg) (https://parliament.ge/en/parliament-members/2047/biography) | Veriko Gaprindashvili |
| Birth | 1970 |
| Clan | Tskhvrisa |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Khashumi, degree in Law, and master's degree in Constitutional Jurisprudence |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Minister of Administrative Affairs (2022), Minister of State and Deputy Premier for State Administration (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Merab Melikishvili (1939-2005) and Natela Gaprindashvili (1944-2014) Spouse(s): Tariel Ubeduradze (1968) Issues: Tsiuri Gaprindashvili (2006) and Natela Gaprindashvili (2009) |
| Biography | Veriko Gaprindashvili is the only daughter of Merab Melikishvili, a prominent unionist representative from Khashumi. She studied Law in the University of Khashumi, and joined a small law firm in 1993, starting her career in the labour courts under the mentorship of lawyer Zviad Genoshvili, who was closely associated with unions and working association. Graprindashvili gained soon a positive reputation for a long number of acquittals. Many of her clients were originally members of unions, human rights associations, civil organizations, consumers association as well as religious organizations, but by the end of the decade she moved toward criminal cases under a different law firm. From 1999 to 2004, she served as deputy secretary of Khashumi Professional Association of Lawyers. She was elected by the National Assembly to serve as representative in the Council of State in 2008, after being nominated by a group of liberal-leaning MPs. She served in the Council of State until 2014. In 2016, she was elected to the National Assembly, being reelected in 2021. Her interventions in the National Assembly were mostly focused on judiciary system and legal reform. After Bidzina Samkharadze was appointed Prime Minister, it was rumoured that she was a likely candidate to be appointed as Minister of Justice. However, she would be appointed as Minister of Admistrative Affairs instead. As minister, she played an important role in the drafting of the Voting Reform Act and the New Electoral Commission Act, legislation aimed to reform the electoral law and legislation on campaigning, respectively. Following the resignation of Anzor Papuashvili in a wiretapping scandal, Gaprindashvili left the Ministry of Administrative Affair and was appointed Minister of State. She was also appointed as Deputy Premier for State Administration until the end of Bidzina Samkharadze's government. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/9Qqj9T96/treasury.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakli_Alasania) | Orivegza Mgaloblishvili |
| Birth | 1973 |
| Clan | Gabedi |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Ktsatskuri, degree in Economics; University of Azavrelia, degree in Law |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Minister of the Treasury, First Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister for National Development (2022-2023) Speaker of the Liberal Democratic Party (2024) |
| Family | Parents: Vazha Buziashvili (1933-2014) and Eto Mgaloblishvili (1939) Spouse(s): Manana Sagaradze (1976) Issues: Tariel Sagaradze (2002), Ramaz Sagaradze (2005), and Vardo Sagaradze (2009) |
| Biography | Orivegza Mgaloblishvili belongs to the Gabedi clan, one of the most powerful clans in Mktvartvelo. He graduated in Economics in the State University of Ktsatskuri in 1996. In 1998, after completing military service, he joined Danazog Bank. In 2006, he obtained a degree in Law in the University of Azavrelia. He joined the Ministry of the Treasury in 2010. In 2015, he left the Ministry to join Muneba Bank. In 2020, he was elected to the National Assembly. While he was associated to the Moderate faction in the parliament, his activity as MP remained mostly unnoticed. In 2022, he was appointed Minister of the Treasury in Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government. He was also appointed as Deputy Prime Minister for National Development and First Deputy Prime Minister, becoming the second highest-ranking member of the government just after Prime Minister Samkharadze himself. Following Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze resignation on July 2023, he served as caretaker Prime Minister for four days. He joined the Liberal Democratic Party in 2023. Following the 2024 legislative election, Mgaloblishvili was elected as Speaker of the Liberal Democratic Party parliamentary group. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/wBjqFcbM/transport1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakli_Menagarishvili) | Zviad Kotrikadze |
| Birth | 1952 |
| Clan | Bunebrivi |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Baghdatsqaro, degree in Natural Sciences (1974) and master's degree in Chemistry (1978) |
| Political affiliation | Moderate Alignment |
| Roles | Minister of Public Works and Transport (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Gocha Belidze (1929-1981) and Baia Kotrikadze (1930-2007) Spouse(s): Nana Rustavi (1958) Issues: Badna Rustavi (1982), Eloda Rustavi (1985), Gela Rustavi (1989), and Marlena Rustavi (1994) |
| Biography | From 1981 to 1994, Zviad Kotrikadze worked as professor of organic chemistry in the University of Lagotsminda. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1994, being reelected in 1999, 2004, and 2009. From 2010 to 2016 he was elected to the Council of State. In 2017, he joined ZSD, an insurance corporation. However, he returned to politics in 2021, when he was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate in Bolnomi. In the past, he has served as Deputy Minister of Trade and Science (1996-1997), Minister of Agriculture (1997-1998), Minister of Public Works and Transport (2003-2005), and Minister of Labour (2011-2014), under four different Prime Ministers. In 2022, he was appointed as Minister of Public Works and Transport by Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze, becoming one of the ministers in Samkharadze's government with largest government experience. He served until the end of Prime Minister Samkharadze's government in July 2023. He joined Moderate Alignment in late 2023. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/W1Jm2tNs/cropped.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imangali_Tasmagambetov) | Eldar Baqiladze |
| Birth | 1957 |
| Clan | Qospasi |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Jvarisi, degree in Journalism; State College of Tetritsori, master's degree in Law |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | Minister of Telecommunications and Information (2022-2023), Member of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Eldar Birini (1925-1974) Suykumda Baqiladze (1930-1991) Spouse(s): Sula Etiksili (1961) Issues: Eldar Etiksili (1984) and Sezim Etiksili (1988) |
| Biography | Eldar Baqiladze, an ethnic Kychma, was born in Dedoplisaghi in 1957. Both his parents were state employees. He started his career as a journalist in a local newspaper. From 1984 to 1989, he worked for a small publishing house based in Tetritsori. From 1997 to 2004, he worked for Sakin Media. Then he joined Laparaki, a telecommunication company, leading their communication office until 2008. From 2011 to 2013, he worked as editor for a news program in Moedani Radio. He has also worked in different radio talk shows talking about political and contemporary affairs, particularly those related with legal issues and the media. Although he had not previously experience in politics, he was appointed by Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze as Minister of Telecommunications and Information in 2022, serving until July 2023. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2024, as a candidate for the pro-government National Renovation. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/YqyPMbDQ/tinatin2.jpg) (https://parliament.ge/en/parliament-members/5694/biography) | Tinatin Chelnokidze |
| Birth | 1981 |
| Clan | Tskhenebi |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Martvilisi, degree in Political Science; University of Abakha, master's degree in Political Philosophy |
| Political affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly; Minister of Administrative Affairs (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Imeda Kvernadze (1930-2018) and Mzia Chelnokidze (1954) Spouse(s): Tariel Machaidze (1980) Issues: Marlena Chelnokidze (2011) |
| Biography | Tinatin Chelnokidze was born in Abakha in 1981. She moved to Martvilisi in 1999, where she enrolled in Political Science at the local university. From 2000 to 2002, she also worked for "Sotsialuri Mimukhilva", a left-leaning political magazine. From 2003 to 2006, she lived abroad. She completed her studies in the University of Abakha, where she obtained a master's degree in Political Philosophy. She moved back to Martvilisi as she got married with Tariel Machaidze in 2008. They had a daughter in 2011. From 2012 to 2014, she worked as personal secretary for former Prime Minister Shalva Sapiradze, who at the time was a member of the Council of State. In 2016, she was elected to the National Assembly. She was considered a member of the Liberal Wing of the National Assembly, and she gained some notoriety for his clashes with some ministers, particularly during the Gaqidvalisi corruption scandal. She was reelected in the 2022 legislative election. A few months later, Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze appointed her as Minister of Administative Affairs (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg25322#msg25322), following a government reshuffle after Anzor Papuashvili resigned for being involved in a political scandal. She served until July 2023. She joined the Liberal Democratic Party in 2023 and, after the 2024 legislative election, she was Orivegza Mgaloblishvili' (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg25309#msg25309)s main rival for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. However, Mglaloblishvili would become Speaker of the Liberal Democratic Party parliamentary group after defeating Chelnokidze by 88-66. Chelnokidze became Head of the National Assembly parliamentary Commission of Home Affairs. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/wT24Sw-xJ/publika-ge-1-8.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi_Ugulava) | Merab Dekanozishvili |
| Birth | 1976 |
| Clan | Khazi |
| Title | None |
| Education | Otar Teimurazhvili Trade School |
| Political affiliation | Labour Party |
| Roles | General Secretary of the All-Mktvartvelian Labour Union (2022-2023) |
| Family | Parents: Okropir Badrishvili (1950) and Baia Dekanozishvili (1952-2011) Spouse(s): Mesame Beridze (1979) Issues: Natela Beridze (2005) and Tamaz Beridze (2011) |
| Biography | Merab Dekanozishvili is an union leader and politician. He was born in Ozurkha, although his family moved to Tsagari when he was four years old. After he finished military service, he moved to Jvarisi, where he joined the State University of Jvarisi. He enrolled in Economics but he dropped out after a year. He returned to Tsagari, where he worked in a factory for several years. In 2002, he joined the trade school and became a MSRK employee in 2005. In 2009, he run as candidate to the National Assembly but failed to be elected, finishing fifth in his electoral district. The same year, he was elected an union representative as a member of the Federation of Railway and Transport Union, which was part of the Confederation of Professional Unions. He joined the national board of the Confederation of Professional Unions in 2011. He moved to Ktsatskuri the next year, when he became a permanent union representative. He would run as a candidate to the National Assembly for second time in 2017, but he failed to be elected again (this time, he finished second in a different electoral district). Dekanozishvili was elected Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Railway and Transport Union in 2018. However, he resigned in 2020. He led a splinter group and joined the All-Mktvartvelian Labour Union (SMSK). He joined the executive committee of the SMSK in 2021. In 2022, he was elected as General Secretary of the All-Mktvartvelian Labour Union. Although he run as a pro-union and socially conservative candidate in the 2009 election, Dekanozishvili's ideology has considerably moved toward left-wing positions, endorsing secularism and a constitutional convention in 2017. More recently, he has criticized the labour legal system in Mktvartvelo, calling for fewer restrictions in arbitration between unions and companies and constitutional recognition to the right to strike. On November 2023, he was sentenced to a two-year prison sentence for violation of the labour code (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg28135#msg28135) during the 2022 national strike. Ten days later, he was replaced as General Secretary of the All-Mktvartvelian Labour Union. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/zG3hVNw5/1dimitri-gvindadze.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Gvindadze) | Irakli Helimishadze |
| Birth | 1973 |
| Clan | Akhali |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Jvarisi, degree in Chemistry; National College of Ktsatskuri, master's degree in Journalism |
| Roles | Director of ERT (since 2022) |
| Family | Parents: Mamuka Amaglobeli (1933-1995) and Lali Helimishadze (1938-2019) Spouse(s): Aka Rustaveli (1976) Issues: Irma Rustaveli (2002) |
| Biography | Irakli Helimishadze moved to Ktsatskuri in 1997, where he worked for a petrochemical company until 2002, when he enrolled in a master's degree on Journalism in the National College of Ktsatskuri in a course sponsodred by the Sakin Foundation. In 2004, she joined Dazverva newspaper where he worked for a year in the business section. From 2005 to 2009, he worked as correspondent abroad for the same newspaper. From 2009 to 2012, he returned to Mktvartvelo as parliamentary correspondent for Dazverva newspaper. He also appeared often in radio talk shows, particularly on international and legislative issues. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as consultant for the State Association of Journalists. He moved back to his hometown, Dedoplisaghi, in 2014, where he become in editor-in-chief in a local newspaper, until 2015. That year, he joined KTV, a commercial television channel, as consultant and producer, in his first venture in television. In September 2022 (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg25455#msg25455), he was appointed Director of ERT, the state radio and television broadcasting company in Mktvartvelo. He was Director of ERT until for twelve months. On October 2023, he became Deputy Head of Communications of ATI-TV, a private television channel owned by Sakin Media Group. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/SxFBsTjL/1202980137-0.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badri_Patarkatsishvili) | Gocha Mokleadze |
| Birth | 1963 |
| Clan | Kurdgheli |
| Title | His Most Honourable Mr. Mokleadze |
| Education | State University of Martvilisi, degree on Law |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Prime Minister (2023) and Member of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Lasha Arnaui (1934-2005) and Mesame Mokleadze (1938-1997) Spouse(s): Baia Kipiani (1966) Issues: Tinatin Kipiani (1990) and Sopho Kipiani (1994) |
| Biography | Gocha Mokleadze is a Mktvartvelian politician. He started his political career as a representative at the Martvilisi-Shemogareni Provincial Assembly in 1997. In 2001, Mokleadze was elected to the National Assembly. In 2007, he run as candidate to the Council of State, being elected for a six-year term. In both chambers, he was considered a member of the Moderate block. He was appointed Minister of Telecommunications and Information in 2011, serving until 2014. He had been elected to the National Assembly in 2013, being reelected in the 2018 and 2023 legislative elections. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze on July 2023, Gocha Mokleadze was appointed as Prime Minister. His government had a center-right orientation, with a number of independent ministers. However, the government failed to deal with the wave of student protests and violent riots, and it only lasted ten days as Mokleadze announced his resignation to Brzdmtsveli Ketevan on July 15. Mokleadze is married to Baia Kipiani. They had two daughters. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/yd3g4Dzn/Vakhtang-Kikabidze.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakhtang_Kikabidze) | Shota Samadashvili |
| Birth | 1951 |
| Clan | Tskhvari |
| Title | His Most Honourable Mr. Samadashvili |
| Education | Khoni Military Academy; University of Abakha, degree on History and Aranyean Languages, master's degree on International Relations |
| Political affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Roles | Former diplomat and Prime Minister (2023) |
| Family | Parents: Okropir Arsenidze (1918-1979) and Mzia Samadashvili (1921-2000) Spouse(s): Vardo Khalvashi (1953-2015) Issues: Zurab Khalvashi (1977), Imeda Khalvashi (1979), Lela Khalvashi (1984), and Malkhaz Khalvashi (1987) |
| Biography | Shota Samadashvil is a diplomat and politician. He served in the armed forces until 1975. In 1982, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as ambassador in countries such as Rokkenjima, Tytor, and Lodja, as well as serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 1998. In 2002, he was appointed as permanent member of the Council of State by Brzdmtsveli Tamaz Japharidze, leaving behind a two-decade career as diplomat. Shota Samadashvili was appointed Prime Minister on July 2023, following the resignation of Gocha Mokleadze (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28067#msg28067). His government was described as technocratic, as most of the ministers were considered independent ministers, a few of them appointed from the ranks of the Council of State, but many of them without previous experience in the national government. However, Samadashvili's government would only last five days, the shortest national government since the office of the Prime Minister was established in the Unitary State of Mktvartvelo, after Samadashvili resigned as Prime Minister after allegedly losing the confidence of the armed forces. Samadashvili was replaced by Brdzeni Kvirkvelia. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/PqHZ2gBy/1517595557694.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Eirik_Schjøtt-Pedersen) | Burkhardt Kvalheim |
| Birth | 1959 |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Albrektberg, degree on Law |
| Political affiliation | Constitutional Party |
| Roles | Secretary in the State Governorate (2011-2023), President of the State Governorate (2016-2023), Leader of the Juglander Constitutional Party (2015-2023) |
| Biography | Burkhardt Kvalheim was born in Albrektberg in 1959. He studied Law in the University of Albrektberg. After finishing university, he joined a law firm in Albrektberg. A former member of the Conservative Party, he joined the Constitutional Party, established in 2006. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2006, as candidate of the Constitutional Party, he had a minor role in drafting the 2010 Jugland's constitution, and would be reelected the same year in the legislative elections. He was elected by the Legislative Assembly to the First State Governorate, joining it as Secretary of Transportation and Communication. He run as candidate in Albrektberg in the first State Governorate elections, being one of the seven members directly elected that year. He would serve as Secretary for Administrative Affairs from 2011 to 2019, after being reelected in the 2015 State Governorate elections. Since 2016, he held the position of President of the State Governorate, the highest ranking office in Jugland, until the 2023 election. He was reelected in 2019, becoming the only member of the State Governorate who has served in Jugland's government since 2006 in the State Governorate during that term. He also served as Secretary for Home Affairs and Justice from 2019 to 2023. He has been Chairman of the Constitutional Party from 2011 to 2023 as well. The Constitutional Party performed poorly in the 2023 election, and Kvalheim, despite being the incumbent President of the State Governorate, failed to be reelected. He had previously renounced as leader of the Constitutional Party a few months before, and he announced that he was leaving politics after his defeat in the 2023 elections. He married twice, and he has six children from both relationships. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/jj5XHWBK/images-1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Hofer) | Lars Midtvedt |
| Birth | 1974 |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Albrektberg |
| Political affiliation | National Democratic Party |
| Roles | Secretary of Economic Affairs (2011-2015 and 2019-2023), General Secretary of the National Democratic Party (2014-2023), Secretary of Home Affairs and Justice (2015-2019), Vice President of the State Governorate (2015-2019) |
| Biography | Lars Midtvedt was born in Midtenstadt in 1974. He studied History and Political Science in the University of Albrektberg, without graduating. He is single and has three children. Midtvedt has been involved in politics since 2001. He campaigned against Jugland's integration in the Unitary State of Mktvartvelo as member of the Juglander Front. In 2005, he joined the National Democratic Party, serving in the local government in Sandberg until 2011, when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in a district from Sandberg. In the 2012 election, he was reelected in the Legislative Assembly and was elected as well to serve in the Third State Governorate elections. He served as Secretary of Economic Affairs from 2011 to 2015. In 2014, he was elected leader of the National Democratic Party, and was reelected to the State Governorate in 2015. He served as Secretary of Home Affairs and Justice and Vice President of the State Governorate from 2015 to 2019. His tenure as Secretary of Home Affairs and Justice was increasingly controversial. In the 2019 Legislative Assembly election, the National Democratic Party had a poor performance, falling from the second most voted political party to the fourth, losing nearby a half of their MPs. Midtvedt was the only candidate of the National Democratic Party in the State Government, but despite this he was reelected as leader of the National Democratic Party. He served as Secretary of Economic Affairs a second time from 2019 to 2023. In the 2023 elections, the National Democratic Party had an even worse result than in the previous election, and it failed to get any candidate elected to the State Governorate, including Midtvedt himself, for first time. Lars Midtvedt resigned as General Secretary of the National Democratic Party on May 2023. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/TPFr01vD/images-1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartwig_Löger) | Raymond Furuholmen |
| Birth | 1964 |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Albrektberg, degree on Law and Political Science; Amkhar College of Albrektberg, PhD on Administrative Law |
| Political affiliation | Progressive Liberal Party |
| Roles | Mayor of Midtenstadt (2004-2016), Secretary of the Treasury (2019-2023), Co-chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (since 2018 ) |
| Biography | Raymond Furuholmen was born in Albrektberg in 1964. He studied Law and Political Science in the University of Albrektberg. He completed a PhD degree on Administrative Law in the Amkhar College of Albrektberg. A former member of the now defunct Liberal Party, he worked for Landsbygdabank, a commercial bank based in Jugland, from 1996 to 2001. He was elected Mayor of Midtendstadt in 2004, as candidate of the Liberal Party. He would be reelected in 2008, but resigned in 2010, following a controversy with the party leadership. He would be reelected as independent candidate in 2012. He joined the Progressive Liberal Party in late 2014 and he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2015. He also run for the election to the State Governorate that year but he failed to be elected. Despite this, in 2018 he was elected as co-chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party. He run to the State Governorate election in 2019 again, this time being elected. He joined the State Governorate and served as Secretary of the Treasury from 2019 to 2023. He is married and has one daughter. Furuholmen run for reelection in the 2023 State Governorate election but he was defeated by Theudbald Salovaara. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/9MbVfr0X/reiwa.jpg) | Takashi Hirano |
| Birth | 1957 |
| Title | None |
| Education | Amkhar College of Albrektberg, degree on Law |
| Political affiliation | Reiwa Party |
| Roles | President of the Reiwa Party; Secretary of Health (2008-2011), Secretary of Labour (2011-2015), Secretary of Economic Affairs (2015-2019), Secretary of Education and Science (2019-2023) |
| Biography | Takashi Hirano is the leader of the Reiwa Party. He comes back from an influential family during the colonial period. He founded the Reiwa Party, which voters base is mostly found between ethnic Yamato Juglander citizens, in 1996. He joined the State Governorate in 2008, and participated in the negotiations to pass the Juglander constitution. He was elected in the 2011, 2015, and 2019 State Governorate elections, in one of the ethnic-based constituencies. In the 2023 State Governorate, he was defeated by Shimura Akane, a former member of the Reiwa Party and candidate of the Betse Coalition. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/FR8NwGmh/irakliben.webp) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalva_Papuashvili) | Irakli Bneladze |
| Birth | 1976 |
| Clan | Meglebii |
| Title | None |
| Education | National College of Ktsatskuri, degree on Law |
| Political affiliation | Coalition of the True Right |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly; Minister of Justice (July 2023) Leader and Speaker of the Coalition of the True Right parliamentary group |
| Family | Parents: Anzor Bakurianadze (1947) and Bedna Bneladze (1951) Spouse(s): Vardo Undiladze (1979) Issues: Veriko Undiladze (2004), Inga Undiladze (2007), and Bidzina Undiladze (2009) |
| Biography | Irakli Bneladze became a judge in 1996, in the Kobavi district, central Mktvartvelo, but left the judiciary to serve in Ktsatskuri Provincial Assembly from 2000 to 2005. In 2005, he was appointed by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term in the Council of State. In 2011, he was elected to the National Assembly. He was reelected in 2016 and 2021. Bneladze joined the ranks of the Conservative block in the National Assembly. He participated in the judiciary and national development permanent parliamentary commissions. In 2023, he run to the position of Speaker of the National Assembly, finishing runner-up after being defeated by incumbent Speaker Ramaz Kintsurashvili (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg26658#msg26658). He was highly critical of Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's national government, gaining prominence for his parliament arguments with members of the government or Prime Minister Samkharadze himself. On July 2023, Bneladze joined Prime Minister Gocha Mokleadze's national government as Minister of Justice. He proposed the immediate expulsion of students arrested by expulsion in protests from the university. However, the government barely lasted ten days in power, and the proposal was not even discussed in the National Assembly. He is married to Vardo Undiladze, from the Itsavsi clan. They have two daughters and one son. In the months before the 2024 legislative election, Bneladze did not join the recently established Conservative Party, instead he was one of the founders of the Coalition of the True Right, a national-conservative political party, becoming the first leader. Bneladze became Speaker of the Coalition of the True Right parliamentary group in 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/V6fs7Lyq/mikheil-chinchaladze87.jpg) | Levan Makhateli |
| Birth | 1969 |
| Clan | Atami |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Kutatsqaro, degree on Economics; State University of Ktsatskuri; master's degree on Finance |
| Roles | Chairman of the Central Bank (2009-2019), Minister of Economy Development, Acting Prime Minister (July 2023) |
| Family | Parents: Anzor Imiritadze (1942-2018) and Nino Makhateli (1944) Spouse(s): Baia Karunadze (1971) Issues: Kvan Karunadze (1997), Merab Karunadze (1999), Zviad Karunadze (2002), Otar Karunadze (2006) |
| Biography | Levan Makhateli is an economist. He served as Chairman of the Central Bank of the Unitary State of Mktvartvelo from 2009 to 2019. Previously, he worked for several commercial banks. He was also Deputy Head of the Monetary Policy Group of the Central Bank from 1998 to 2000, as well as Assistant Professor in the University of Martvilisi. On July 2023, he joined Prime Minister Shota Samadashvili's national government as Minister of Economic Development. However, the government only lasted a few days, and he became Acting Prime Minister following Samadashvil's resignation as Prime Minister, until the appointment of Brdzeni Kvirkvelia as Prime Minister. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/m29YWR6x/vakhtang-kapanadze-291113.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakhtang_Kapanadze) | Merab Dvalishvili |
| Birth | 1960 |
| Clan | Salata |
| Title | General of the Army (retired) |
| Education | Tsagedia Military Academy; National University of Valori, master's degree on Social Research |
| Roles | Armed Forces, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (2019-2023); Minister of National Defense (July 2023) |
| Family | Parents: Vakhtang Sepahdaradze (1936-1999) and Eka Dvalishvili (1940-2010) Spouse(s): Irma Amilakhvaradze (1964) Issues: Zurab Amilakhvaradze (1989) and Sopho Amilakhvaradze (1993) |
| Biography | Merab Dvalishvili is a Mktvartvelian General who ser ved as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2019 to 2023. On July 2023, he was appointed Minister of National Defense in Prime Minister Shota Samadashvili's national government. However, he resigned four days later, arguing "difference in opinion and expectations". Prime Minister Samadashvili would resign in less than 48 hours later, as a wave of resignations of military officers and ministries officials followed the next day. Dvalishvili became CEO of Momavali Inc., one of the most important Mktvartvelo's market research and polling companies, on August 2023. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/kXN6qyKs/general2.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimer_Chachibaia) | Brdzeni Kvirkvelia |
| Birth | 1972 |
| Clan | Tanashemtse |
| Title | His Most Honourable Mr. Kvirkvelia |
| Education | Guram Ananidze National Military Academy |
| Roles | Deputy Chief of the Army; Prime Minister |
| Family | Parents: Tornike Kazbegishvili (1948-2001) and Gulisa Kvirkvelia (1949) Spouse(s): Tinatin Abkhazadze (1974) Issues: Imeda Abkhazadze (1997) and Natela Abkhazadze (2004) |
| Biography | Brdzeni Kvirkvelia is a military officer, with the rank of General, and politician. He graduated as infantry in 1997, and served in the 1st Parachute Regiment in the armed forces. In 2020, he reached the rank of General and was appointed as Deputy Chief of the Army. He was also appointed as Chief of the Regional Directorate of the Azavrelia Region. He also served as Inspector General of the Army in the Joint General Staff of the armed forces. On July 2023, he was appointed as Prime Minister by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan, after which he was nominated as Prime Minister by the National Assembly leadership. He had no previous experience in politics, and there was not much known about his ideological leanings or policy preferences before his appointment as Prime Minister. During his first months as Prime Minister, legislative and religious reforms, such as as the Civic Reform Act (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg27540#msg27540) and the State Reform for Religious Freedom and Social Integration Act (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg27838#msg27838) as well as the establishment of the Permanent Committee for Labour and Social Advancement, an advisory council. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/MK7Kqktc/15-23-09.png) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi_Matiashvili) | Otar Gedevanishvili |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Tsqali |
| Title | General of the Army |
| Education | Kutatsqaro Military Academy |
| Roles | Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (2023); Minister of National Defense Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Policy and National Defense |
| Family | Parents: Zviad Gelovani (1955-2002) and Vardo Gedevanishvili (1957-2019) Spouse(s): Tsisana Tumanishvili (1982) |
| Biography | Otar Gedevanishvili is a military officer with the rank of general. He became the Director of the General Staff Communications Directorate in 2020, later appointed as Deputy Director of Intelligence Bureau of the Army, serving as adviser of military intelligence for both Prime Ministers Gela Berdzenishvili and Bidzina Samkharadze. In 2023, he was appointed as Chief General of the Army. On July 2023, he became Chief of the General Staff, replacing General Merab Dvalishvili (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28110#msg28110). However, he resigned the morning on July 21 (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg27392#msg27392). He was appointed as Minister of National Defense by Prime Minister Brdzeni Kvirkvelia (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28111#msg28111). In 2024, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Policy and National Defense as well. He is married without children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/8CNyKMJj/Tatevik-Hayrapetyan-1-1.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatevik_Hayrapetyan) | Eter Vazhkania |
| Birth | 1992 |
| Clan | Mkhedari |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Azavrelia, degree on Philosophy and master's degree on Ancient Literature |
| Political affiliation | Radical Democratic Party |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Zurab Cholokashvili (1959) and Tamriko Vazhkania (1960) Spouse(s): Mukhran Mosulishvili (1992) |
| Biography | Eter Vazhkania completed her studies in the University of Azavrelia in 2020. She had a prominent role in the youth movement of protests in Autumn 2022. She would be elected to the National Assembly in the 2023 legislative election, several months later. She was previously an intern in the Faculty of History of the University of Azavrelia as well as working as a shop assistant in a bookshop. Vazhkania campaigned on a left-leaning platform, supporting more advanced political reforms and secularism, as well as left-wing orientation on economic issues. During her first year in the parliament, he was considered part of the Left Block in the National Assembly. She was highly critical of Prime Minister Bidzina Samkharadze's government for its management of the wave of protests during 2023. She expressed support for the protests and student organizations, although she condemned the use of violence. More recently, she supported a manifesto calling for a written constitution and was critical of the social agenda of Prime Minister Brdzeni Kvirkvelia. Vazhkania is married without children. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/63bDyvCb/evktimishvili-pear-field-calvert.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Ekvtimishvili) | Aka Salukvadze |
| Birth | 1978 |
| Clan | Khari |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Tetritsori, degree on Ancient Literature and Sacred Symbology |
| Roles | Former priestess; Professor of Sacred and Ritual Symbology in the Holy College of Martvilisi |
| Family | Parents: Shalva Guramishvili (1954) and Sopho Machavariani (1956) Spouse(s): Silamaze Gogibedashvili (1981) |
| Biography | Aka Salukvadze was ordained priestesses in 1998. Salukvadze was a priestess in a temple consecrated to Dalotsvili Dedopali, and completed her theological studies in the State College of Tetritsori and the Holy College of Martvilisi. She left priestesshood in 2015, and joined the Holy College of Martvilisi as an assistant professor in 2019. She has published three academic books, including being co-author of the work "Through the Blood and the Letter: A View of the Literary Canon", which views caused a controversy in Mktvartevelian media (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg27729#msg27729) in 2023. In 2023, she married Silamaze Gogibedashvili, becoming the first former priestess to get married in a same-sex religious wedding. On October 2023, she was cleared by the leadership of the Holy College of Martvilisi of any wrongdoing in her research. She is a member of the Supreme Committee of the Order of Simartlea since 2024. |
| (https://i.postimg.cc/m2tNxZkQ/04480f1bea328ce.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahit_Manasyan) | Inga Ushkaladze |
| Birth | 1988 |
| Clan | Tsikhe |
| Title | None |
| Education | State University of Bateli, degrees in Sociology and Aranyean Languages |
| Roles | Spokesperson of the national government |
| Family | Parents: Merab Razikashvili (1960) and Tatuna Ushkaladze (1962) Spouse(s): Tariel Sopromadze (1985) Issues: Vazha Ushkaladze (2015) and Irakli Ushkaladze (2018) |
| Biography | In 2011, Inga Ushkaladze became an intern in the National Assembly. From 2015 to 2018, she served as deputy communications director of the National Assembly. She also served as deputy press secretary for Ktsatskuri Provincial Assembly, before joining a public relations firm in which she worked from 2021 to 2023. Inga Ushkaladze became spokesperson of the National Government under Prime Minister Brdzeni Kvirkvelia on July 2023. She is married and have two sons. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/29/58/Q5F9DtlV_o.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakli_Garibashvili) | Levan Mikaberidze |
| Birth | 1981 |
| Clan | Tsikhe |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Dmaroni, degree on Law |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | General Secretary of National Renovation Speaker of the National Renovation parliamentary group |
| Family | Parents: Irakli Adamia (1949-2020) and Elodeba Mikaberidze (1954) Spouse(s): Marlena Abkhazi (1984) Issues: Kvan Abkhazi (2006), Zviad Abkhazi (2009), Eka Abkhazi (2009), Mamuka Abkhazi (2015) |
| Biography | Levan Mikaberidze was born in Tbaghi, southern Mktvartvelo. After completing the military service, he moved to Dmaroni, where he would graduate after studying Law in the State College of Dmaroni. In 2005, he was elected to the Council of State but he was not reelected in 2011. In 2014, he joined Tsavs Talgha radio station, where he reported about judiciary and parliamentary issues. On July 2023, he was appointed as Secretary for the Office of the Prime Minister. He resigned in November, and announced that he planned to run as a candidate to the National Assembly for the 2024 legislative elections. Several week laters, after he gave a number of conferences and meetings through the country, he became one of the founders of National Renovation (MKTERAG), a left-leaning nationalist political party which would be officially registered on December. In their first congress in early 2024, Levan Mikaberidze was elected General Secretary (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=1636.msg28567#msg28567) of National Renovation, in the first national congress held in Sachkhumi. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 legislative election, becoming Speaker of the National Renovation parliamentary group. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/e4/25/kUFsH3hg_o.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamuka_Mdinaradze) | Viljo Alakharvadze |
| Birth | 1979 |
| Clan | Sasazghvro |
| Title | None |
| Education | University of Tsagedia, degree in Law; University of Sachkhumi, master's degree in Trade Law |
| Roles | Attorney |
| Family | Parents: Tornike Jugheli (1943) and Gulisa Alakharvadze (1945) Spouse(s): Tatuna Kereselidze (1982) Issues: Imeda Kereselidze (2010) |
| Biography | Viljo Alakharvadze is a Mktvartvelian lawyer. After ending his military service in 2002, he completed his legal studies in the University of Sachkhumi while he did an internship in the office of the local prosecutor. In 2004, he married Tatuna Kereselidze. Kereselidze's father is Okropir Lordkipanidze, a retired Air Force commander and one of the two co-founders of Gabdatsin Inc., a company established in 2005 which provides services as private military contractor and security services. He moved to Albrektberg in 2006, and started to work for Gadbatsin Inc. the same year as attorney. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/2c/48/Ro76ZQSj_o.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakhtang_Gomelauri) | Givi Kartlishvili |
| Birth | 1974 |
| Clan | Kaani |
| Title | None |
| Education | Tsagedia Military Academy |
| Roles | Armed forces (retired), business |
| Family | Parents: Anzor Vekua (1952-1990) and Lela Kartlishvili (1953) Spouse(s): Sopho Tatishvili (1977) Issues: Nana Tatishvili (2001) |
| Biography | Givi Kartlishvili joined the Air Force and reached the rank of Major in the Armed Forces of Mktvartvelo. He left the armed forces in 2008. Along his brother-in-law, he started an air freight company. From 2010 to 2013 he was employed as military and security trainer for Gabdatsin Inc., a private military contractor company. He has registered several transport and investment companies in Mktvartvelo and Albrektberg. In 2015, he was reportedly being investigated as two of his employees were arrested and accused of forging documents but the charges were later dropped. In 2019, Kartlishvili sued journalist Gocha Janashia and Tsin newspaper after he was named in an article about arms trafficking. A judge ordered Janashia and the newspaper to publish a retraction but rejected Kartlishvili's demand for compensation as he ruled the content of the article "plausible and in accordance to the right to free information". It has been reported that Kartlishvili speaks several languages and he often travels abroad for his business activities. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/93/f6/64DcBzIw_o.jpg) (https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/shakhnoza-mirziyeeva-zashchitila-kandidatskuyu-dissertatsiyu-v-moskve/) | Aigerim Dilrabat |
| Birth | 1990 |
| Clan | Terani |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Tetrumi |
| Roles | Attorney |
| Family | Parents: Kazy Kuchta (1957) and Suyku Dilrabat (1953) Spouse(s): Saghazri Erkomaishvili (1987) Issues: Amaqa Dilrabat (2013) |
| Biography | Aigerim Dilrabat was born in Dedoplisaghi, Mktvartvelo, in 1990. Her father, Kazy Kuchta, served in the Armed Forces of Mktvartvelo with the rank of lieutenant and was a constitutional law professor in the University of Jvarisi at the time when Aigerim was born. Her mother was a religious magistrate until her retirement in 2013. Aigerim married Saghazri Erkomaishvili in 2010. The couple had a daughter shortly after she completed her studies. Aigerim is an ethnic Kychma (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2396.msg21928#msg21928). She did in an internship in Jvarisi military prosecution office before completing his studies with a master's degree in Accounting in 2014-2015. From 2017 to 2023, she worked for Gabdatsin Inc., a private military contractor and security services company. In December 2023, she left Gabdatsin Inc. and joined Prma Consulting, a management consulting firm based in Mktvartvelo. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/9e/8e/kKrGAfGS_o.jpg) | Kargi Nasaridze |
| Birth | 1982 |
| Clan | Khvalii |
| Title | None |
| Education | Guram Ananidze National Military Academy and Baghdatsgaro Academy of War Studies |
| Roles | Armed Forces |
| Family | Parents: Tornike Kvinitadze (1952) and Bedisa Nasaridze (1956) Spouse(s): Marlena Metreveli (1986) Issues: Lela Metreveli (2010) and Eter Metreveli (2014) |
| Biography | Kargi Nasaridze is a Mktvartvelian military officer. He joined the armed forces in 2002, completing his formation in the Department of Foreign Languages of the Baghdatsgaro Academy of War Studies. He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 2018. In 2019, he joined the security service of the Brzdmtsveli (Mktvartvelo's head of state). He continued in that role until late 2022. In 2006, Nasaridze married Marlena Metreveli, from the Gadasakhadi clan. Metreveli is General Levan Gamsakhurdia (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg22175#msg22175)'s niece. At the time of the wedding, Gamsakhurdia was serving as Minister of Public Order and Security. Nasaridze joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as commissioned officer on October 2023. He speaks four foreign languages. Nasaridze was appointed ambassador to the Great Kingdom of Asadal in 2024. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/8a/e7/kUW9TaDH_o.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irakli_Garibashvili) | Assem Dilrabat |
| Birth | 1985 |
| Clan | Terani |
| Title | None |
| Education | State College of Tetrumi, State College for National Security and Foreign Policy |
| Political affiliation | National Renovation |
| Roles | Member of the National Assembly |
| Family | Parents: Kazy Kuchta (1957) and Suyku Dilrabat (1953) Spouse(s): Zviad Khalvashi (1982) Issues: Bermet Dilrabat (2011) and Zaya Dilrabat (2019) |
| Biography | Assem Dilrabat, an ethnic Kychma, was born in Dedoplisaghi, Mktvartvelo, in 1985. Her father was a military officer and university professor while her mother was a religious magistrate. Assem has a sister (https://independentorder.net/index.php?topic=2422.msg28601#msg28601). Assem graduated in the State College of Tetrumi in 2009, with a degree in Political Science. In 2014, she completed a master's degree in International Relations in the State College for National Security and Foreign Policy. She worked for a transport company from 2015 to 2018. In 2020, she was hired as political secretary at Dedoplisaghi provincial assembly. She joined the pro-government National Renovation in 2023, and she was elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 legislative election. After the election, she was appointed as Deputy Head of the Commission of Foreign Affairs at the National Assembly. She is married to Zviad Khalvashi, who serves in the Armed Forces of Mktvartvelo. They have two daughters. |
| (https://images2.imgbox.com/56/5a/Znfkx0LI_o.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakha_Kaladze) | Mukhran Khandztadze |
| Birth | 1977 |
| Clan | Kvani |
| Title | None |
| Education | Sighnaki Military Academy, State College for National Security and Foreign Policy |
| Political affiliation | Undeclared |
| Roles | Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister |
| Family | Parents: Zurab Mtserali (1949) and Lali Khandztadze (1951-2017) Spouse(s): Makvala Beradze (1980) Issues: Ramaz Beradze (2007) |
| Biography | Khandztadze completed her military formation in the Sighnaki Military Academy. He graduated in the State College for National Security and Foreign Policy in 2003, he joined the Directorate of Military Information. He headed an anti-smuggling unit from 2007 to 2011, before leaving the Directorate in 2012. In 2013, he gave courses on military intelligence in the State College for National Security and Foreign Policy. He became visiting scholar in the State College for National Security and Foreign Policy, giving lectures on military history from 2016 to 2019. Khandztadze was appointed advisor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for State Security in 2023. In early 2024, he was appointed as Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister. |