Irakli Kobakhidze
Prime Minister of Georgia since 2024 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Irakli Kobakhidze (Georgian: ირაკლი კობახიძე; born 25 September 1978) is a Georgian constitutional scholar and politician who has served as the 16th Prime Minister of Georgia since February 2024.
Irakli Kobakhidze | |
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ირაკლი კობახიძე | |
16th Prime Minister of Georgia | |
Assumed office 8 February 2024 | |
President | Salome Zourabichvili |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Irakli Garibashvili |
Chairman of Georgian Dream | |
In office 11 January 2021 – 1 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Bidzina Ivanishvili |
Succeeded by | Irakli Garibashvili |
Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia | |
In office 18 November 2016 – 21 June 2019 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Davit Usupashvili |
Succeeded by |
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Leader of the Parliamentary Majority | |
In office 11 December 2020 – 8 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mamuka Mdinaradze |
Succeeded by | Mamuka Mdinaradze |
Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
In office 18 November 2016 – 8 February 2024 | |
Political Secretary of Georgian Dream | |
Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Irakli Garibashvili |
Executive Secretary of Georgian Dream | |
In office January 2015 – 11 January 2021 | |
Succeeded by | Mamuka Mdinaradze |
Personal details | |
Born | (1978-09-25) 25 September 1978 (age 45) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Georgian Dream |
Spouse | Natalia Motsonelidze |
Children | 2 |
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He previously served as Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 to 2019 and was a Member of the Georgian Parliament from 2016 to 2024. He held the post of chairman of Georgian Dream party from 2021 to 2024. Prior to joining politics, he was a professor at the Tbilisi State University.[1]
From 2020 to 2022, Kobakhidze served as vice-president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[2] Kobakhidze's statements are often described as "anti-European" and "anti-American" by saying that the West is pushing Georgia into the Russo-Ukrainian War and "opening a second front" and other similar messages.[3][4][5]