Irakli Chikovani | |
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ირაკლი ჩიქოვანი | |
![]() Official portrait, 2020 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia | |
In office 9 February 2024 [1] –Disputed Servingwith Vakhtang Gomelauri | |
Prime Minister | Irakli Kobakhidze |
Preceded by | Levan Davitashvili |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 8 February 2024 –Disputed | |
Prime Minister | Irakli Kobakhidze |
Preceded by | Juansher Burchuladze |
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia | |
In office 16 November 2023 –8 February 2024 | |
Speaker | Shalva Papuashvili |
Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
In office 11 December 2020 –8 February 2024 | |
In office 21 October 2012 –18 November 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Zugdidi,Georgian SSR,Soviet Union (now Georgia) | 28 August 1980
Citizenship | Georgia |
Political party | Georgian Dream |
Spouse | Diana Zhgenti |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
Irakli Chikovani (born 28 August 1980) is a Georgian politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence of Georgia since February 8,2024. A member of the Georgian Dream party,he was previously a Member of Parliament from 2020 to 2024 and 2012 to 2016. [2]
Chikovani joined politics in 2012,as a member of former Deputy Prime Minister Irakli Alasania's Free Democrats party,which was initially a part of the Georgian Dream coalition. After the coalition was disbanded, [3] Chikovani participated in the Free Democrats 2016 election campaign,in which the party failed to obtain any seats. [4] In 2020,Chikovani rejoined Georgian Dream and ran for MP in the Zugdidi constituency in that year's election,he won the seat with 93,88% of the vote. [5] On February 8,2024,Chikovani joined Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's government as the Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. [6]