Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia ( ka, შინაგან საქმეთა მინისტრი, tr) is the head of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს შინაგან საქმეთა სამინისტრო), abbreviated MIA (''შსს''), is the highest state law enforcement agency of Geor ...

. The position is equivalent to the interior minister in other countries, like the

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in the

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, the

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, or similar to a combination of the Attorney General and the

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in the

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Leaders

Minister of Internal Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

* Noe Ramishvili, May 26, 1918 – March 17, 1921

People's Commissars of Internal Affairs of the SSR of Georgia

* David Kiladze, July 15 – November 11, 1934 *

Sergo Goglidze Sergo Arseni Goglidze (Russian: Сергей (Серго) Арсеньевич Гоглидзе, Georgian: სერგო არსენის ძე გოგლიძე; 1901 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet security officer, NKVD official ...

, November 11, 1934 – November 14, 1938 * Avksenti Rapava, November 19, 1938 – February 26, 1941 * Varlam Kakuchaia, February 26 – July 31, 1941 * Avksenti Rapava, July 31, 1941 – May 7, 1943 * Grigori Karanadze, May 7, 1943 – April 8, 1952 * Vakhtang Loladze, May 29, 1952 – March 16, 1953 *

aleksander Kochlavashvili Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

, March 16–21, 1953 * Varlam Kakuchaia, March 21 – April 10, 1953 * Vladimer Dekanozov, April 10 – June 30, 1953 * Aleksi Inauri, 20 Jule 1953 – March 26, 1954 * Vladimer Djandjgava, May 1954 – December 1958 *

Ivan Garibashvili Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

, November 18, 1958 – August 16, 1961 * Otar Kavtaradze, August 16, 1961 – May 22, 1965 *

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 fo ...

, May 22, 1965 – 1972 * Konstantin Ketiladze, August 18, 1972 – May 26, 1979 * Guram Gvetadze, May 26, 1979 – January 21, 1986 * Shota Gorgodze, January 22, 1986 – November 23, 1990

Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Georgia

* Dilar Khabuliani, November 23, 1990 – December 1991 * David Salaridze, December 1991 – January 1992 * Roman Gventsadze, January 1992 – November 1992 * Temur Khachishvili, November 1992 – September 1993 *

, September 1993 – March 31, 1994 *

Shota Kviraia Shota Kviraia ( ka, შოთა კვირაია) (June 5, 1952 – January 10, 2011) was a Georgian security and police official and lieutenant-general of the state security service. A former KGB officer, he was an influential member of Edua ...

, March 31, 1994 – September 2, 1995 * Kakha Targamadze, September 2, 1995 – 2001 * Koba Narchemashvili, November 1, 2001 – November 25, 2003

Ministers of Internal Affairs of Georgia

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, 2 ...

, November 2003 – June 7, 2004 * Irakli Okruashvili, June 7, 2004 – December 17, 2004 * Ivane Merabishvili, December 18, 2004 – July 4, 2012 *

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 ...

, July 4, 2012 – September 20, 2012 * Ekaterine Zguladze, September 20, 2012 – October 25, 2012 *

Irakli Gharibashvili 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 2 ...

, October 25, 2012 – November 20, 2013 * Aleksandre Chikaidze, November 20, 2013 – January 23, 2015 *

Vakhtang Gomelauri Vakhtang Gomelauri ( ka, ვახტანგ გომელაური, born 24 December 1974) is a Georgian politician, who is the Incumbent Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia and former chief of the State Security Service of Georgia ...

, January 26, 2015 – August 3, 2015 * Giorgi Mghebrishvili, August 3, 2015 – November 13, 2017 *

Giorgi Gakharia Giorgi Zauris dze Gakharia ( ka, გიორგი ზაურის ძე გახარია; born 19 March 1975) is a Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 ...

, November 13, 2017 – September 8, 2019 *

, September 8, 2019 – present

References

{{Ministers of Georgia Interior ministers of Georgia

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