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 | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | 25 September 1978
Political party | Georgian Dream |
Spouse | Natalia Motsonelidze |
Children | 2 |
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Irakli Kobakhidze (Georgian: ირაკლი კობახიძე; born 25 September 1978) is a Georgian constitutional scholar and politician who is serving as the 16th prime minister of Georgia since February 2024.
He has previously served as a member of the Georgian Parliament from 2016 to 2024, chairman of the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 to 2019, as vice-president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2020 to 2022 and held the post of chairman of Georgian Dream party from 2021 to 2024.[1] Prior to joining politics, he was a professor at the Tbilisi State University and continues to teach there to this day.[2]
Kobakhidze's government accelerated the deterioration of relations with the West, with his government being accused of sabotaging Georgia’s EU membership bid.[3][4] The United States announced sanctions against Kobakhidze, members of his government, and the members of the Georgian Dream party for "undermining democracy in Georgia."[5] His rhetoric has been widely described as anti-Western, with him accusing the West of pushing Georgia into "opening a second front" and joining the Russo-Ukrainian War on numerous occasions.[6][7][time needed][8]
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