Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia

Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia
Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia
	Logo of The Parliament of Georgia
	Incumbent; Shalva Papuashvili (disputed); since December 29, 2021
Style	Mr. Chairman; (informal); His Excellency; (diplomatic)
Member of	The Parliament of Georgia
Seat	Georgian Parliament Building; Tbilisi, ; Georgia
Nominator	Parliamentary Majority
Appointer	Parliament of Georgia
Term length	No fixed term length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Georgia
Formation	November 6, 1993; 31 years ago
First holder	Eduard Shevardnadze
Salary	13,000 ₾
Website	www.parliament.ge

The chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პარლამენტის თავმჯდომარე, romanized: sakartvelos p'arlament'is tavmjdomare) is the presiding officer (speaker) of the Parliament of Georgia. The incumbent speaker is Shalva Papuashvili, since December 29, 2021.

Predecessors of the Parliament of Georgia were the National Council (May 1918 – October 1918), the Parliamentary Assembly (provisional) (1918–1919), the Constituent Assembly (1919–1921), the Parliament (1921), the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1990), and the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia (1990–1992).

The legal maximum remuneration of the chairperson is 13,000 lari per month.^[4]

The chairperson of the Parliament becomes the acting president of Georgia if the president vacates the office before the expiration of their term due to death, resignation, or removal from office. Nino Burjanadze is the only speaker to have served as acting president, she did so on two occasions: after the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003 and after President Mikhail Saakashvili briefly left office and called an early election due to political unrest.

List of chairpersons

Chairman of the National Council

Nikolay Chkheidze May 26, 1918 – October 8, 1918

Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly

Nikolay Chkheidze October 8, 1918 – March 12, 1919

Chairman of the Constituent Assembly

Nikolay Chkheidze March 12, 1919 – February 25, 1921

Chairman of the Parliament

Nikolay Chkheidze February 25, 1921 – Mars 16, 1921

Chairmen of the Supreme Council

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993)		14 November 1990	14 April 1991	Round Table — Free Georgia
2	Akaki Asatiani (1953–)		14 April 1991	6 January 1992	Union of Georgian Traditionalists

Speakers of the Parliament


No.	Name (Born–Died)	Picture	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Vakhtang Goguadze [ka] (1940–2007)		4 November 1992	25 November 1995	Union of Citizens of Georgia

Chairmen of the Parliament

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)	4 November 1992	25 November 1995	Independent
2	Zurab Zhvania (1963–2005)	25 November 1995	20 November 1999	Union of Citizens of Georgia
2	Zurab Zhvania (1963–2005)	20 November 1999	1 November 2001	Union of Citizens of Georgia
3	Nino Burjanadze (1964–)	9 November 2001	22 April 2004	Union of Citizens of Georgia ↓ Burjanadze-Democrats ↓ United National Movement
(3)	Nino Burjanadze (1964–)	22 April 2004	7 June 2008	United National Movement
4	Davit Bakradze (1972–)	7 June 2008	21 October 2012	United National Movement
5	David Usupashvili (1968–)	21 October 2012	18 November 2016	Republican Party of Georgia (Georgian Dream Coalition)
6	Irakli Kobakhidze (1978–)	18 November 2016	21 June 2019	Georgian Dream
-	Tamar Chugoshvili (acting) (1984–)	21 June 2019	25 June 2019	Georgian Dream
7	Archil Talakvadze (1983–)	25 June 2019	24 April 2021	Georgian Dream
8	Kakha Kutchava (1979–)	27 April 2021	24 December 2021	Georgian Dream
9	Shalva Papuashvili (1976–)	29 December 2021		Georgian Dream

References

^ Due to the disputed 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, Papuashvili is no longer recognized as a legitimately elected Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia by all elected opposition parties, outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili, and Georgian constitutional experts.
^ ^a ^b "Changes to the Rule of Labor Remuneration in Public Institutions". Transparency International Georgia. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Changes to the Rule of Labor Remuneration in Public Institutions" (PDF). Transparency International Georgia. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ Maximum monthly remuneration of high-rank officials envisaged by the draft law: Chairperson of Parliament GEL 13,000, see the appendix to the article,^[2] page 7^[3]