The Minister of Defence of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს თავდაცვის მინისტრი) is the head of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the governmental body of Georgia in charge of the

Defense Forces of Georgia The Defence Forces of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს თავდაცვის ძალები, tr), or Georgian Defence Forces (GDF), are the combined military forces of Georgia, tasked with the defense of the nation's indep ...

and regulating activities in defence of the country from external threats, preserving territorial integrity and waging wars on behalf of Georgia. The current minister is

Juansher Burchuladze Juansher Burtchuladze (born 14 January 1976) is a Georgian politician who has been Minister of Defence in the Second Garibashvili government since 22 February 2021. Biography In 1998-1999, he was an intern at the Department of American C ...

, who was appointed on February 22, 2021.

List of ministers

Ministers of War of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა ') was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to ...
(1918–1921)

Grigol Giorgadze Grigol Giorgadze ( ka, გრიგოლ გიორგაძე) (November 30, 1879 – July 18, 1937) was a Georgian historian, jurist and politician. Born in Kutaisi into the family of a priest, Giorgadze graduated from a local theologica ...

, May 26, 1918 – February 13, 1919 *

Noe Ramishvili Noe Besarionis dze Ramishvili ( ka, ნოე რამიშვილი; his name is also transliterated as ''Noah'' or ''Noi''; 5 April 1881 – 7 December 1930) was a Georgian politician and the president of the first government of the Democ ...

, February 14, 1919 – December 1919 *

Grigol Lordkipanidze Grigol Lordkipanidze ( ka, გრიგოლ ლორთქიფანიძე; 2 September 1881 – 2 September 1937) was a Georgian politician and author. During the Russian Revolution of 1917, he was involved in the Georgian independence mo ...

, January 1920 – September 23, 1920 *

Ilia Odishelidze Ilia Odishelidze ( ka, ილია ოდიშელიძე); russian: Илья Зурабович Одишелидзе, ''Ilya Zurabovich Odishelidze'') (25 March 1865 – c. 1924) was a Georgian military leader who had also served as a gener ...

, (acting), September 23, 1920 – November 10, 1920 *

Parmen Chichinadze Parmen Chichinadze ( ka, პარმენ ჭიჭინაძე; 13 November 1881 – 30 September 1921) was a Georgian Social-Democratic politician and the Minister of War of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from November 1920 to February 1 ...

, November 10, 1920 – February 25, 1921

People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the
Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...
(1921–1923)

Shalva Eliava Shalva Zurabovich Eliava ( ka, შალვა ელიავა; russian: Ша́лва Зура́бович Элиа́ва, ''Shalva Zurabovich Eliava'') (September 30, 1883 in Ganiri – December 3, 1937) was a Georgian Old Bolshevik and Sovi ...

, September 15, 1921 – November 14, 1923

Ministers of Defense of the
Republic of Georgia A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
(From 1991)

* Joni Pirtskhalaishvili, September 15, 1991 – January 2, 1992 *

Levan Sharashenidze Levan Sharashenidze ( ka, ლევან შარაშენიძე; russian: Леван Леванович Шарашенидзе, ''Levan Levanovich Sharashenidze'') (born 24 March 1931) is a retired Soviet and Georgian military officer and ...

, January 2, 1992 – May 8, 1992 *

Tengiz Kitovani Tengiz Kitovani ( ka, თენგიზ კიტოვანი) (born June 9, 1938) is a retired Georgian politician and military commander with high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War early in the 1990s when he commanded the Natio ...

, May 8, 1992 – May 5, 1993 *

Giorgi Karkarashvili Giorgi (Gia) Karkarashvili ( ka, გიორგი ��იაყარყარაშვილი) (born October 31, 1966) is a Georgian politician and retired major general who served as Georgia's Minister of Defense from May 1993 to March 1994. ...

, May 6, 1993 – February 11, 1994 *

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for ...

(acting), February 11, 1994 – April 25, 1994 *

Varden Nadibaidze , birth_date= , birth_place= Mleta, Soviet Georgia , image= Gen Nadibaidze.jpg , image_size= 150 , caption= General Vardiko Nadibaidze , nickname= , allegiance= , rank= , branch= Soviet ArmyGeorgian Army , commands=Georgian Armed Forces , unit= ...

, April 25, 1994 – April 27, 1998 *

David Tevzadze David Tevzadze ( ka, დავით თევზაძე) (born 30 January 1949) is a retired Georgian lieutenant general who was the country’s Minister of Defense from April 1998 to February 2004. Education and academic career Born in Sukhu ...

, April 28, 1998 – February 17, 2004

Ministers of Defense of Georgia (From 2004)

Gela Bezhuashvili Gela Bezhuashvili ( ka, გელა ბეჟუაშვილი) (born March 1, 1967) is a Georgian politician and served as the head of the Georgian Intelligence Service from February 1, 2008 to December 27, 2013. He formerly served as Minist ...

, February 17, 2004 – June 10, 2004 *

Giorgi Baramidze Giorgi Baramidze ( ka, გიორგი ბარამიძე; born January 5, 1968) is a Georgian politician who served as Vice-Prime Minister of Georgia and State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration from 2004 to 2012. On October 21, 20 ...

, June 10, 2004 – December 17, 2004 *

Irakli Okruashvili Irakli Okruashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ოქრუაშვილი) (born 6 November 1973) is a Georgian politician who had served on various important posts in the Government of Georgia under President Mikheil Saakashvili, including be ...

, December 17, 2004 – November 10, 2006 * David Kezerashvili, November 10, 2006 – December 9, 2008 *

Vasil Sikharulidze Vasil Sikharulidze ( ka, ვასილ სიხარულიძე) (born May 30, 1968) is a Georgian diplomat and politician. He worked as a foreign affairs advisor to the President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili from August 27, 2009. He ha ...

, December 9, 2008 – August 27, 2009 *

Bachana Akhalaia Bachana "Bacho" Akhalaia ( ka, ბაჩანა "ბაჩო" ახალაია; born October 24, 1980, in Zugdidi) is a Georgian politician who was Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia from July 4, 2012, to September 20, 2012. He had p ...

, August 27, 2009 – July 4, 2012 *

Dimitri Shashkin Dimitri Shashkini ( ka, დიმიტრი შაშკინი) (born 8 August 1975) is a Georgian politician of Russian descent, serving as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 4 July 2012 to 25 October 2012. Early years Shashkini was ...

, July 4, 2012 – October 25, 2012 *

Irakli Alasania Irakli Alasania ( ka, ირაკლი ალასანია) (born 21 December 1973) is a Georgian politician, soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014. He was Georgia's Ambassador to th ...

, October 25, 2012 – November 4, 2014 * Mindia Janelidze, November 4, 2014 – May 1, 2015 *

Tinatin Khidasheli Tinatin "Tina" Khidasheli ( ka, თინათინ (თინა) ხიდაშელი; born 8 June 1973) is a Georgia (country), Georgian jurist and politician. A Republican Party of Georgia, Republican Party member and former civil societ ...

, May 1, 2015 – August 1, 2016 *

Levan Izoria Levan Izoria ( ka, ლევან იზორია; born 5 February 1974) is a Georgian politician, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Federal Republic of Germany. Education and early years Levan Izoria was born in ...

, August 1, 2016 – September 8, 2019 *

Irakli Garibashvili Irakli Garibashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982) is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who serves as the prime minister of Georgia since 22 ...

– September 8, 2019 – February 22, 2021 *

– February, 22 2021 – present

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