Giorgi Gakharia is a Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 February 2021.
29 Facts About Giorgi Gakharia
Giorgi Gakharia joined the ruling party in 2013 where he was accepted from the very beginning.
Giorgi Gakharia became the Minister of Economy of the country and at the same time he became the new government.
Giorgi Gakharia became even more influential in the government during Bakhtadze's term as Prime Minister.
Giorgi Gakharia was the most influential person in Bakhtadze's cabinet, Prime Minister Bakhtadze considered him his right hand man.
Giorgi Gakharia, as the Minister of Internal Affairs, was an important figure not only for the government but for the Georgian Dream.
Giorgi Gakharia was particularly critical of the Georgian opposition and the National Movement in particular.
Giorgi Gakharia played an important role in the country's domestic politics.
Giorgi Gakharia's authority has been significantly shaken since the events of June 20,2019, although Giorgi Gakharia still held the position of the most important person in the government.
In November, 2017 the Government of Georgia was reshuffled, including the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; consequently, on November 13,2017 Giorgi Gakharia was appointed to the post of the Minister of Internal Affairs, replacing Giorgi Mgebrishvili.
Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia issued an order to disperse the protesters, firearms were used.
Giorgi Gakharia presented the future plans and the Cabinet of Ministers, a large part of the population did not like this decision as well as the Georgian opposition.
In October 2019, as a result of a meeting between Ilham Aliyev and Giorgi Gakharia, Azerbaijan opened the entrance to the Davit-Gareji Monastery for Georgia.
On December 12,2019, Giorgi Gakharia was in Ukraine where he met with President and Government of Ukraine.
Giorgi Gakharia was Prime Minister of Georgia during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gakharia and his Cabinet coped well with the first wave of the virus.
On 2 November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia tested positive for the virus.
On that day, Giorgi Gakharia appointed Davit Zalkaliani Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, as Vice prime minister.
Giorgi Gakharia participated in the campaign from the very beginning as a member of the Georgian Dream party.
Giorgi Gakharia was a very important figure in his party, they called him a worthy leader and Prime Minister.
On March 22,2021, Giorgi Gakharia announced that he remains in politics and is working to set a political agenda.
Giorgi Gakharia Khojevanishvili was the governor of Shida Kartli before being elected as a majoritarian MP in Gori-Kaspi.
Giorgi Gakharia noted that the country no longer has time to lose and it must develop.
Irakli Kobakhidze Chairman of the Georgian Dream, said that Giorgi Gakharia was traitor and was trying to start a crisis in the country, together with the opposition, Similar statements were made by other members of the party.
Giorgi Gakharia responded to the criticism of his former teammates as follows: The events are developing in an interesting and faster way than expected.
Giorgi Gakharia denied this and called the Georgian Dream-run media a pity.
Giorgi Gakharia created a team where there were a lot of experienced and young people, the beginning was difficult for their political party but Gakharia had the appropriate knowledge to develop his political party and earn the support of the people.
Giorgi Gakharia continued to recruit the party and prepare for the 2021 self-government elections in order to achieve a high result and to mark the start of the new parliamentary elections in 2022.
Giorgi Gakharia presented a plan on how to change the capital of Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia talked about his former teammates from the Georgian Dream and said that from that day they had to deal with Gakharia personally.
Giorgi Gakharia called the actions of the Georgian Dream shameful.