Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი

Seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Incumbent
Maka Botchorishvili

since November 28, 2024 (Disputed)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Style| Mr. Minister
(informal)
The Honorable
(formal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)
Member of| Cabinet
National Security Council
Reports to| Prime Minister
Seat| Tbilisi, Georgia
Appointer| Prime Minister of Georgia
Inaugural holder| Akaki Chkhenkeli
(As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Republic of Georgia)
Giorgi Khoshtaria
(As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia)
Formation| May 25, 1918; 106 years ago (1918-05-25)
Salary| 11,050 GEL per month[1]
Website| mfa.gov.ge

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the governmental body of Georgia responsible for protecting and promoting Georgia's interest and its persons and entities abroad. The minister is a member of the Cabinet of Georgia.

The current minister is Maka Botchorishvili, who was appointed on November 28, 2024 by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

## List of ministers of foreign affairs

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### Democratic Republic of Georgia

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No.  | Portrait  | Name  | Took office  | Left office

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1  |  | Akaki Chkhenkeli | 26 May 1918  | November 1918
2  |  | Evgeni Gegechkori | 1918  | 1921

### Georgian SSR

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People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs
No.  | Portrait  | Name  | Took office  | Left office

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1  |  | Alexander Svanidze
(1886–1941)
| 1921  | 1923
From 1923 to 1944 Commissariat is liquidated
2  |  | Giorgi Kiknadze
(1902–1963)
| 1944  | 1946

Minister of Foreign Affairs
No. | Minister  | Term of office

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Portrait  | Name  | Took office  | Left office
1  |  | Giorgi Kiknadze
(1902–1963)
| 1946  | 1953
2  |  | Archil Gigoshvili
(1907–1969)
| 1953  | 1954
3  |  | Mitrofan Kuchava
(1906–1999)
| 16 January 1954  | 1962
4  |  | Archil Gigoshvili
(1907–1969)
| 1962  | 1969
5  |  | Giorgi Chogovadze
(1906–1996)
| 1969  | 1970
6  |  | Revaz Pruidze
(1923–1970)
| April 1970  | 23 July 1970
7  |  | Shalva Kiknadze
(1913–2006)
| 1970  | 1976
8  |  | Teymuraz Gordeladze | 1979  | 1981
9  |  | Giorgi Javakhishvili
(b. 1941)
| 1 January 1985  | 1 January 1990

### Georgia

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N° | Minister  | Party  | Term of office

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Portrait  | Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Term
1  |  | Giorgi Khoshtaria
(b. 1938)
|  | –  | 26 November 1990  | 15 September 1991  | 293 days
2  |  | Murman Omanidze
(1938–2020)
|  | Independent | 15 September 1991  | 31 December 1991  | 107 days
3  |  | Alexander Chikvaidze
(1932–2012)
|  | –  | 2 March 1992  | 21 December 1995  | 3 years, 294 days
4  |  | Irakli Menagharishvili
(b. 1951)
[2] |  | –  | 15 December 1995  | 29 November 2003  | 7 years, 349 days
5  |  | Tedo Japaridze
(b. 1946)
|  | –  | 30 November 2003  | 20 March 2004  | 111 days
6  |  | Salome Zourabichvili
(b. 1952)
|  | –  | 20 March 2004  | 19 October 2005  | 1 year, 213 days
7  |  | Gela Bezhuashvili
(b. 1967)
|  | United National Movement | 19 October 2005  | 31 January 2008  | 2 years, 104 days
8  |  | David Bakradze
(b. 1972)
|  | United National Movement | 31 January 2008  | 5 May 2008  | 95 days
9  |  | Eka Tkeshelashvili
(b. 1977)
|  | United National Movement | 5 May 2008  | 6 December 2008  | 215 days
10  |  | Grigol Vashadze
(b. 1958)
|  | United National Movement | 6 December 2008  | 25 October 2012  | 3 years, 324 days
11  |  | Maia Panjikidze
(b. 1960)
|  | Free Democrats | 25 October 2012  | 5 November 2014  | 2 years, 11 days
12  |  | Tamar Beruchashvili
(b. 1961)
|  | –  | 11 November 2014  | 1 September 2015  | 294 days
13  |  | Giorgi Kvirikashvili
(b. 1967)
|  | Georgian Dream | 1 September 2015  | 30 December 2015  | 120 days
14  |  | Mikheil Janelidze
(b. 1981)
|  | Independent | 30 December 2015  | 13 June 2018  | 2 years, 165 days
15  |  | David Zalkaliani
(b. 1968)
[3] |  | Georgian Dream | 21 June 2018  | 04 April 2022  | 3 years, 287 days
16  |  | Ilia Darchiashvili
(b. 1981)
[4] |  | Georgian Dream | 04 April 2022  | 28 November 2024  | 2 years, 345 days
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| Maka Bochorishvili
(b. 1978)[5] |  | Georgian Dream | 28 November 2024  | Present  | 110 days

## References

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1. ^ https://www.transparency.ge/sites/default/files/labor-remuneration.pdf [bare URL PDF]
2. ^ "ირაკლი მენაღარიშვილი-საგარეო საქმეთა ყოფილი მინისტრი" [Irakli Menagarishvili-Ex-Foreign Minister of Georgia] (in Georgian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
3. ^ "David Zalkaliani-Minister of Foreign Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
4. ^ "Ilia Darchiashvili-Minister of Foreign Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
5. ^ საქართველოს პარლამენტმა მთავრობის შემადგენლობას მხარი დაუჭირა. https://1tv.ge/, 13:42, 28.11.2024.

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* Culture and Sports
* Defense
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* Agriculture
* Corrections and Legal Assistance
* Culture and Monument Protection
* Energy
* IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees
* Environment and Natural Resources Protection
* Euro-Atlantic Integration
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