Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia (Georgian: შინაგან საქმეთა მინისტრი, romanized: shinagan sakmeta minist'ri) is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. The position is equivalent to the interior minister in other countries, like the Home Secretary in the United Kingdom, the Minister of Public Safety in Canada, or similar to a combination of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the United States.
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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, 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, March 16–21, 1953
Varlam Kakuchaia, March 21 – April 10, 1953
Vladimir Dekanozov, April 10 – June 30, 1953
Aleksi Inauri, 20 July 1953 – March 26, 1954
Vladimer Djandjgava, May 1954 – December 1958
Ivan Garibashvili, November 18, 1958 – August 16, 1961
Otar Kavtaradze, August 16, 1961 – May 22, 1965
Eduard Shevardnadze, 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
Eduard Shevardnadze, September 1993 – March 31, 1994
Shota Kviraia, 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, November 27, 2003 – June 7, 2004
Irakli Okruashvili, June 7, 2004 – December 17, 2004
Ivane Merabishvili, December 18, 2004 – July 4, 2012
Bachana Akhalaia, July 4, 2012 – September 20, 2012
Ekaterine Zguladze, September 20, 2012 – October 25, 2012
Irakli Gharibashvili, October 25, 2012 – November 20, 2013
Aleksandre Chikaidze, November 20, 2013 – January 23, 2015
Vakhtang Gomelauri, January 26, 2015 – August 3, 2015
Giorgi Mghebrishvili, August 3, 2015 – November 13, 2017
Giorgi Gakharia, November 13, 2017 – September 8, 2019
Vakhtang Gomelauri, September 8, 2019 – May 28, 2025
Gela Geladze, May 28, 2025 – 21 April, 2026
Sulkhan Tamazashvili, 22 April, 2026 – Present