Second Gakharia government

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Second Gakharia government
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16th Cabinet of Georgia
2020-2021
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Date formedDecember 24, 2020 (2020-12-24)
Date dissolvedFebruary 18, 2021 (2021-02-18)
People and organisations
Head of state Salome Zourabichvili (Independent)
Head of government Giorgi Gakharia (GD)
No. of ministers12
Member parties Georgian Dream
Status in legislature Majority government
History
Election(s) 2020 parliamentary election
Legislature term(s) 10th Parliament of Georgia (2020-2024)
Predecessor First Gakharia government
Successor Second Garibashvili government

The second government of Giorgi Gakharia was the government of Georgia, with Giorgi Gakharia as its head as the country's Prime Minister from 24 December 2020 to February 18, 2021. The cabinet was formed after the 2020 parliamentary elections, in which the victorious Georgian Dream party nominated Giorgi Gakharia as its candidate for prime minister for a second term. [1] Gakharia presented his cabinet to parliament on December 14. [2] The Georgian Dream backed his cabinet and approved it by a parliamentary majority on December 24. [3] The second Gakharia administration was dissolved after his resignation on February 18, 2021, over a dispute within his party on the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia. [4] The political leadership of Georgian Dream, including the party's founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, later branded Gakharia "a coward and a traitor" for stepping down. [5] Gakharia went on to form a new opposition political party. [6]

Ministers

OfficeMinisterFromToParty
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia 20 June 2018 Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia (GDDG)
First Deputy Prime Minister Maya Tskitishvili 9 September 2019GDDG
Deputy Prime Minister David Zalkaliani 21 January 2021GDDG
Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani 20 June 2018GDDG
Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili 9 September 2019GDDG
Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri 9 September 2019GDDG
Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Protection Eka Tikaradze 18 June 2019GDDG
Minister of Justice Gocha Lortkipanidze 24 December 2020GDDG
Minister of Education and Science Mikheil Chkhenkeli 20 June 2018GDDG
Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili 20 June 2018GDDG
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Khetevan Tsikhelashvili 20 June 2018GDDG
Minister of Finance Ivane Machavariani 14 July 2018GDDG
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natela Turnava 18 April 2019GDGG
Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Maya Tskitishvili 20 June 2018GDDG

Notes

  1. ↑ "Georgian Dream wins a third term as the opposition calls for a boycott of parliament". New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. ↑ "Georgian Parliament Opens Amid Opposition Boycott". Civil.ge. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Georgian parliament confirms PM Gakharia's cabinet of ministers". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Georgian PM resigns over plan to arrest opposition leader". POLITICO. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ↑ "Georgian Dream founder Ivanishvili accuses ex-PM Gakharia of being a "traitor"". English Jamnews. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. ↑ "Former PM Gakharia Inaugurates New Political Party". Civil.ge. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-10-23.

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