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Prime Minister of Georgia The prime minister of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი, tr) is the head of government and chief executive of Georgia. In Georgia, the president is a ceremonial head of state and ma ...

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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 ...

Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia ( ka, შინაგან საქმეთა მინისტრი, tr) is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. The position is equivalent to the interior minister in other countr ...

; NSC Secretary , parent_department = , parent_agency = , parent_agency_type = , child1_agency = , child2_agency = , keydocument1 = , website = , agency_id = , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , map_alt = , footnotes = , embed = The National Security Council (NSC; ka, ეროვნული უშიშროების საბჭო, tr) is an advisory body for the Government of Georgia dealing with matters of national security. The Council is led by the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

and includes other high ranking government, intelligence and military officials.

History

The National Security Council (NSC) of Georgia was established under President Eduard Shevardnadze on 24 January 1996. The respective law defined the Council as an advisory body of the President of Georgia for decision-making on strategic questions of the organisation of military construction and defence, international and foreign policy related to the security of the country, maintenance of stability, law and order. The National Security Council included the Ministers of State (later

), Foreign Affairs,

Defense Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense indus ...

, State Security (abolished in 2004), Internal Affairs, and the Secretary of the NSC. The President served as the Chairperson of the Council. The Chairperson of Parliament and those of the Supreme Representative Bodies of Abkhazia and Adjara Autonomous Republics, though not members, were to participate in the NSC activities. The NSC Secretary had a number of duties, including general organizational, coordination, and management duties related to the functioning of the NSC and the NSC Apparatus. The Secretary also serves in the role of Assistant to the President of Georgia "on questions of national security". The NSC was abolished by a controversial law passed by the Parliament of Georgia on 31 October 2018, which became effective upon the inauguration of President Salome Zurabishvili on 16 December 2018. The decision was criticized by the then-President

Giorgi Margvelashvili Giorgi Margvelashvili ( ka, გიორგი მარგველაშვილი; born 4 September 1969) is a Georgian academic and politician who was the fourth President of Georgia, in office from 17 November 2013 to 16 December 2018. ...

, the incumbent NSC secretary David Rakviashvili, and foreign commentators such as Ronald S. Mangum. In April 2019, the NSC was reestablished under the leadership of Prime Minister. It also includes seven other permanent members: Ministers of Defense, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Finances, as well as heads of state security and intelligence services, and Chief of Defense Forces. The reconstituted Council had its inaugural meeting on 1 May 2019.

National Defense Council

According to the 2018 constitutional amendment, a consultative body—the National Defense Council—is called for only during

martial law Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Use Martia ...

. It is chaired by the President of Georgia and also includes the Prime Minister, the Chairperson of Parliament, the Minister of Defense, and the Chief of Defense Forces. The President of Georgia can invite individual members of the Parliament and of the Government to join the Council as members.

Members

* Irakli Gharibashvili,

; NSC Secretary *

Grigol Liluashvili Grigol Liluashvili ( ka, გრიგოლ ლილუაშვილი, born 1 September 1977) is a Georgian politician and civil servant, who is currently serving as the Chief of the State Security Service. Career Liluashvili entered po ...

, Head of the State Security Service of Georgia *

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 ...

Minister of Defense of Georgia 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 ...

Shalva Lomidze Shalva Lomidze ( ka, შალვა ლომიძე}, romanized: ; born December 31, 1977) is a major general of intelligence serving as the 8th head of the Georgian Intelligence Service since April 24, 2021. Career Shalva Lomidze started his ...

, Head of Intelligence Service of Georgia *

Lasha Khutsishvili Lasha Khutsishvili (born 2 September 1985 in Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura Rive ...

, Minister of Finance of Georgia *

Ilia Darchiashvili Ilia Darchiashvili ( ka, ილია დარჩიაშვილი; born 21 February 1981) is a Georgian government official, diplomat, and a former bank manager, serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia since 4 April 2022. Edu ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the governmental body of Georgia r ...

Giorgi Matiashvili Giorgi Matiashvili ( ka, გიორგი მათიაშვილი; born 18 December 1977) is a Georgian major general and the incumbent Chief of Georgian Defense Forces, appointed on 1 July 2020. Born in the town of Gardabani, Matiashvi ...

, Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces

List of secretaries of the National Security Council

, 19 February 2020 - *

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 i ...

, 8 September 2019 - 27 January 2020 *

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 ...

, 1 May 2019 – 3 September 2019 * David Rakviashvili, October 2016 – December 2018 * Irina Imerlishvili, November 2013 – October 2016 * Giga Bokeria, November 2010 – November 2013 * Eka Tkeshelashvili, December 2008 – November 2010 * Alexander Lomaia, November 2007 – December 2008 * Kote Kemularia, December 2005 – November 2007 * Levan Choladze, October 2005 – December 2005 *

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 Mini ...

, June 2004 – October 2005 *

Ivane Merabishvili Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili ( ka, ივანე "ვანო" მერაბიშვილი; born 15 April 1968) is a Georgian politician and 9th Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July to 25 October 2012. A former NGO activist, he became dir ...

, January 2004 – June 2004 *

Tedo Japaridze Tedo Japaridze ( ka, თედო ჯაფარიძე) (born September 18, 1946) is a Georgian politician and diplomat. Japaridze was born in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia (then the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union). He graduated from the Departm ...

, March 2002 – November 2003 * Nugzar Sajaia, 1996 – February 2002

References

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