Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia
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The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament is the Speaker of the House in the Parliament of the Republic
of Georgia
. The incumbent speaker is David Bakradze
since June 7, 2008. Its predecessors were the National Council (May 1918 – October 1918), the Parliament
(1918–1919), the Constituent Assembly
(1919–1921), the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1990) and the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia
(1990–1992).
Parliament of Georgia
Parliament of Georgia is the supreme legislature of Georgia. It is unicameral and has 150 members, known as deputies, from which 75 members are proportional representatives and 75 are elected through single-member district plurality system, representing their constituencies...
of Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
. The incumbent speaker is David Bakradze
David Bakradze
David Shekris Bakradze is a Georgian politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia since June 7, 2008....
since June 7, 2008. Its predecessors were the National Council (May 1918 – October 1918), the Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
(1918–1919), the Constituent Assembly
Constituent assembly
A constituent assembly is a body composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution...
(1919–1921), the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1990) and the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia
Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia
The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia was the highest unicameral legislative body in Georgia elected in the first democratic, multiparty elections in the Caucasus in October 1990 while the country was still part of the Soviet Union. The Council presided over the declaration of Georgia’s...
(1990–1992).
Chairman of the Constituent Assembly
- Nikolay ChkheidzeNikolay ChkheidzeNikoloz Chkheidze was a Georgian Menshevik politician who helped to introduce Marxism to Georgia in the 1890s and played a prominent role in the Russian and Georgian revolutions of 1917 and 1918....
March 12, 1919 – February 25, 1921
Chairmen of the Supreme Council
- Zviad GamsakhurdiaZviad GamsakhurdiaZviad Gamsakhurdia was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era...
November 14, 1990 – April 14, 1991 - Akaki Asatiani April 14, 1991 – January 2, 1992
Chairman of the Georgian Parliament
- Eduard ShevardnadzeEduard ShevardnadzeEduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...
November 6, 1992–November 25, 1995
Speakers of the Georgian Parliament
- Vakhtang Goguadze November 6, 1992 – 1995
- Zurab ZhvaniaZurab ZhvaniaZurab Zhvania was a prominent Georgian politician, having served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia as well as Minister without Portfolio. Zhvania assumed premiership on 18 February 2004 and remained on the position until his death on 3 February 2005...
November 25, 1995 – November 20, 1999 - Zurab ZhvaniaZurab ZhvaniaZurab Zhvania was a prominent Georgian politician, having served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia as well as Minister without Portfolio. Zhvania assumed premiership on 18 February 2004 and remained on the position until his death on 3 February 2005...
November 20, 1999 – November 1, 2001 - Nino BurjanadzeNino BurjanadzeNino Burjanadze is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008...
November 9, 2001 – April 22, 2004 - Nino BurjanadzeNino BurjanadzeNino Burjanadze is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008...
April 22, 2004 – June 7, 2008 - David BakradzeDavid BakradzeDavid Shekris Bakradze is a Georgian politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia since June 7, 2008....
starting June 7, 2008