The Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს კულტურისა და სპორტის სამინისტრო, ''sakartvelos kulturisa da sportis saministro'') was a

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within the Cabinet of Georgia from 2010 to 2018. It was in charge of regulating activities related to preservation of Georgian culture and its cultural monuments as well as activities related to sports and youth development.

History

The ministry was established in 2010 as a result of restructuring activities within the Georgian government in June 2010. The preceding ''Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sports'' was split into two separate government agencies: Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection. The agency was merged with the Ministry of Education and Science in July 2018.

Structure

The ministry is headed by the minister aided by the first deputy minister in charge of Cultural Heritage Strategy, Organizations Coordination and Permissions, and International Programs and Georgian Culture Popularization departments; and three deputies in charge of Administrative, Events and Regional Coordination and Legal departments. Parliament exercises control over the ministry's activities. The budget of the ministry in 2010 was

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54,977,500 roughly equal to

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21,991,000.

Ministers after 2004

* Giorgi Gabashvili, February 2004–January 2008 *

Nikoloz Vacheishvili Nikoloz (Nika) Vacheishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ვაჩეიშვილი) (born 26 May 1968 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian art scholar, politician and the former Minister of Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport in the Cabinet of Georgi ...

, January 2008–November 2008 *

Grigol Vashadze Grigol Vashadze ( ka, გრიგოლ ვაშაძე, also transliterated as Gregory Vashadze) (born July 19, 1958) is a Georgian politician, diplomat and a former member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of the Minister for Cultur ...

, November 2008–December 2008 *

Nikoloz Rurua Nikoloz (Nika) Rurua ( ka, ნიკოლოზ (ნიკა) რურუა; 17 March 1968 – 4 December 2018) was a Georgian politician, and a member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of Minister of Culture and Monument Protectio ...

, December 2008–October 2012 *

Guram Odisharia Miriane (Guram) Odisharia ( ka, მირიანე (გურამ) ოდიშარია; born 24 September 1951) is a Georgian poet, writer, playwright, and public figure. He was won more than ten national and international literary awar ...

, October 2012–Present

References

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2010 establishments in Georgia (country) Ministries established in 2010 Government agencies established in 2010 Georgia, Culture and Sports 2018 disestablishments in Georgia (country)

History

Structure

Ministers after 2004

See also

References