List of heads of state of Georgia
Heads of State of Georgia :
Georgia in antiquity, the Middle Ages, early modern times
Parnawasid dynasty (299 BC-30 BC and 1 AD-189 AD)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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299-234 BC Chr. | Parnawas I. | |
234-159 BC Chr. | Saurmag I. | |
159-109 BC Chr. | Mirian I. | Son-in-law of Saurmag I. |
109-90 BC Chr. | Parnayom | |
90-78 BC Chr. | Arshak I. | |
78-63 BC Chr. | Artag | |
63-30 BC Chr. | Bartom (P'arnawas II.) | |
30-20 BC Chr. | Mirian II | Nimrodid dynasty |
20 BC Chr. – 1 | Arshak II. | Nimrodid dynasty |
1-58 | Parsman I. (Aderk) | |
58-106 | Mirdat I. | |
106-116 | Amazasp I. | |
116-132 | Parsmen II. (Parsman) the good | visits Emperor Hadrian in Rome (monument) |
132-135 | Radamist (Adam) | |
135-185 | Parsmen II. | |
185-189 | Amazasp II. |
Dynasty Arsakiden (189-284)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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189-216 | Rev I. , the righteous | |
216-234 | Vač'e | Son of Revs |
234-249 | Bakur I. | Son of Vač'es |
249-269 | Mirdat II. | Son of Bakur |
260-265 | Amazasp III. | Against king |
265-284 | Asp'agur I. | Son of Mirdat |
Chosroids dynasty (284 – after 807)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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284-361 | Mirian III | Son of the Persian Great King 337 Acceptance of Christianity |
345-361 | Rew II. | Co-regent of his father |
361-363 | Saurmag II. | Diarch |
363-365 | Aspacur II. | (Waraz Bakur I.) |
365-380 | Mirdat III. | (370/78 Diarch); Division of the country |
380-394 | Aspacur III. | (Waraz Bakur II.) |
394-406 | Tirdat I. | |
406-409 | Parsman IV | |
409-411 | Mirdat IV. | |
411-435 | Artschil I. | |
435-452 | Mirdat V. | |
452-522 | Vakhtang I. Gorgassali | |
522-534 | Dachi | possible Partial rulers: 522? -526 Gurgenes |
534-547 | Bakur II | |
547-561 | Parsman V. | |
561–? | Parsman VI. | |
? -580 | Bakur III. | The kingship in Kartlien-Iberia is abolished |
The princes of Kartlien-Iberia (Chosroids and Bagratids)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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at 575 - approx. 590 | Guaram I. Kuropalat | Prince of Tao-Klardschetien , grandson of Wachtang I, Bagratids |
at 590-627 | Stefanos I. | Prince of Tao-Klardschetien , Bagratiden |
627-637 / 42 | Adarnase I. Patrikios | Prince of Kakheti |
637/42 - approx. 650 | Stefanos II Patrikios | Prince of Kakheti |
approx. 650-684 / 85 | Adarnase II. Patrikios | Prince of Kakheti |
684/85 – before 693 | Guaram II. Kuropalat | Prince of Tao-Klardschetien |
before 693 - approx. 748 | Guaram III. Kuropalat the boy | Prince of Tao-Klardschetien |
approx. 748 – approx. 760 | Adarnase III. Kuropalat | |
approx. 760-779 / 80 | Nerse I. | (772/75 prisoner of the caliph) |
780-786 | Stefanos III. | Prince of Tao-Klardschetien |
786-809 | Ashot I. | Prince of Tao-Klardschetien |
The princes of Kakheti (Chosroids)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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at 580–637 / 42 | Adarnase I. Patrikios | Son of King Bakur III. |
637/42 - approx. 650 | Stefanos I. Patrikios | |
approx. 650-684 / 85 | Adarnase II. Patrikios | |
685-736 | Mirian IV | |
736-786 | Artschil the Martyr | |
786 – after 807 | Juanscher |
Kuropalate (Bagrationi Dynasty)
- High Byzantine honorary title
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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809-830 | Ashot I , king | Son of Adarnase III. |
830-876 | Bagrat I. Kuropalat | 842 Prince of Kartlien-Iberia |
876-881 | David I. | |
881-891 | Gurgen I. of Tao | (other line) |
The Eristawt of the Eristawis (Grand Dukes) of the Upper Tao
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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830-941 1st line | ||
830 – after 867 | Adarnase II. The Elder | Son of Ashot I (died between 867/881) |
before 881-891 | Gurgen I. | becomes Kuropalat from Kartlien-Iberia (881–891) |
891-896 | Adarnase III. | |
891-918 | Ashot II. | |
918-941 | Gurgen II. The great | |
941-1000 2nd line | ||
941-954 | Ashot IV. (II.) Kuropalat | Son of King Adarnase IV. |
954-961 | Adarnase V. Kuropalat (958/61) | |
961-966 | Bagrat I. Eristav the Eristavis | oldest brother of David III. |
961-1000 | David III the great Magistros | from 989 Kuropalat |
1000 Tao is occupied by the Byzantine emperor |
Kings (Bagrationi dynasty)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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888-923 | Adarnase IV. | King Kuropalat (891) |
923-937 | David II | king |
923-954 | Ashot II. | Kuropalat (not a king) inherits Tao-Klardschetien in 941 |
923-945 | Bagrat I. | 923 Magistros, 937 King |
945-961 | Adarnase V. | 945 Magistros, 958 Kuropalat |
961-1000 | David III Magistros | 989 Kuropalat |
923-958 | Sumbat I. | 923 Anthypatrikios, King 945, 954 Kuropalat |
958-994 | Bagrat II. | |
994-1008 | Gurgen | |
1008-1014 | Bagrat III. | since 978 king of Abkhazia |
1014-1027 | Giorgi I. | |
1027-1072 | Bagrat IV. | |
1072-1089 | Giorgi II | |
1089-1125 | Dawit IV. The builder | |
1125-1156 | Dimitri I. | |
1155 | David V. | |
1156-1184 | Giorgi III. | |
1184-1213 | Tamar | from 1178 co-regent |
1213-1223 | Giorgi IV. Lascha | |
1223-1245 | Rusudan | |
1243-1259 | David VI. Narin | goes to West Georgia (Kutaisi) in 1259, ruled there until 1293 |
1246-1270 | David VII Ulu | 1259 only king of East Georgia (Tbilisi) |
1270-1289 | Dimitri II the self-sacrifice | |
1289-1292 | Wachtang II. | |
1292-1297 | David VIII | asserted himself as an anti-king against the Mongols until 1311 |
1297-1298 | Giorgi V. the radiant | 1. Government |
1298-1308 | Wachtang III. | |
1310-1314 | Giorgi VI. the small | |
1314-1346 | Giorgi V. the radiant | 2. Government → 1330 reunification of Georgia |
1346-1360 | David IX. | |
1360-1395 | Bagrat V. | |
1395-1405 | Giorgi VII. | |
1405-1412 | Constantine I. | |
1412-1442 | Alexandre I the Great | |
1442-1446 | Wachtang IV. | |
1446-1465 | Giorgi VIII. | becomes king of Kakheti as Giorgi I (1466–1476) |
1465-1478 | Bagrat VI. | |
1478-1505 | Constantine II | 1491 only King of Kartlien |
1490/91 official division of the kingdom into Kartlien , Imeretien and Kaketien
Kings of Kartlien (Bagrationi dynasty) (1505–1801)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1505-1525 | David X. | 1513/20 Occupation of Kakheti |
1525-1535 | Giorgi IX. | |
1535-1558 | Luarsab I. | |
1558-1569 | Simon I. | 1. Government |
1569-1578 | David XI. | (= Daud Khan) |
1578-1600 | Simon I. | 2. Government |
1600-1605 | Giorgi X. | |
1605-1616 | Luarsab II. | |
1616-1619 | Bagrat VII. | |
1619-1629 | Simon II | |
1629-1634 | Teimuras I of Kakheti | |
1634-1658 | Rostom | |
1658-1675 | Wachtang V. | |
1675-1688 | Giorgi XI. | 1. Government |
1688-1703 | Erakle I. | |
1703-1709 | Giorgi XI. | 2. Government of Persian Governor of Kandahar (1703/09) |
1709-1711 | Kaichosro | Persian governor of Kandahar (1709/11) |
1711-1714 | Watchtang VI. | 1. Government already (1703/11) governor of Georgia |
1714-1716 | Read | |
1717-1719 | Bakar | |
1719-1724 | Watchtang VI. | 2. Government leaves the country in 1724 |
1724–1735 Turkish occupation of the country (1724/44 no king) | ||
1724-1727 | Read | Governor |
Persian occupation of the country | ||
1744-1762 | Teimuras II | |
1762-1798 | Irakli II | since 1744 king of Kakheti |
1798-1801 | Giorgi XII. |
Kings of Kakheti (Bagrationi dynasty) (1466–1801)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1466-1476 | Giorgi I. | |
1476-1511 | Alexander I. | |
1511-1513 | Giorgi II the Evil | |
1513–1520 the country is occupied by the Kingdom of Kartlien | ||
1520-1574 | Levan I. | |
1574-1603 | Alexander II | 1. Government |
1603 | David I. | briefly interrupts his father's government |
1603-1605 | Alexander II | 2. Government |
1605 | Constantine I. | |
1605-1614 | Teimuras I. | 1. Government |
1614-1615 | 'Isa Khan | Persian governor grandson of King Alexander II |
1615-1616 | Teimuras I. | 2. Government |
1616 | 'Ali Quli Khan | Persian governor |
1616-1623 | Peykar Khan | Persian governor |
1623-1633 | Teimuras I. | 3. Government |
1633-1636 | Selim Khan | Persian governor |
1636-1648 | Taimuras I. | 4. Government |
1648-1656 | Rustam from Kartli | at the same time king of Kakheti |
1656–1664 Persian governors administer the country directly | ||
1664-1675 | Artschil II. | Son of King Wachtang V of Kartlien |
1675-1676 | Irakli I. | King of Kartli (1688–1703) |
1676–1703 Persian governors administer the country directly | ||
1703-1722 | David II | |
1722-1729 | Constantine II | Murdered in 1732 |
1729-1736 | Teimuras II | 1. Government |
1736-1738 | Alexander III | (Ali Mirza) |
1738-1744 | Taimuras II | 2. Government |
1744-1798 | Irakli II | becomes king of Kartlien in 1762, thus uniting Eastern Georgia |
1798-1801 | Giorgi III. (XII.) |
The Persian governors in Kakheti (1648–1703)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1648-1659 | Selim Khan | |
1659-1665 | Murtaz 'Ali Khan | |
1665-1675 | Shahnawaz-Khan | (= King Wachtang V of Kartlien) |
1675-1683 | Bezan Khan | |
1683-1688 | Fulan Khan | |
1688-1695 | Abbas Quli Khan | |
1695-1703 | Qalb 'Ali Khan |
Kings of Imereti (Western Georgia) (Bagrationi dynasties) (1259–1810)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1259-1293 | David I. Narin | |
1293-1327 | Constantine I. | |
1327-1329 | Michael I. | |
1329-1372 | Bagrat I. the little one | from 1330 only prince |
1372-1389 | Alexander I. | reassumes the title of king in 1387 |
1389-1395 | Giorgi I. | king |
1395-1401 | Constantine II | |
1401-1455 | Demetre I. | Prince -> last male descendant of David Narin |
1455-1478 | Bagrat II. | Grandson of Constantine I of Georgia and Demetres of Imeretiens as Bagrat VI. King of Georgia 1465–1478 |
1478-1510 | Alexander II | |
1510-1565 | Bagrat III. | |
1565-1585 | Giorgi II | |
1585-1588 | Levan I. | |
1588-1589 | Rostom I. | |
1589-1590 | Bagrat IV. | |
1590-1605 | Rostom I. | |
1605-1639 | Giorgi III. | |
1639-1660 | Alexander III | |
1660 | Bagrat V. | 1. Government |
1660-1661 | Vakhtang I. Chuchunashvili | 1. Government |
1661 | Wamiq Dadiani of Mingrelia | |
1661-1663 | Artschil | 1. Government |
1663-1664 | Dimitri Guriel | |
1664-1668 | Bagrat V. | 2. Government |
1668 | Vakhtang I. Chuchunashvili | 2. Government |
1668-1678 | Bagrat V. | 3. Government |
1678-1679 | Artschil | 2. Government |
1679-1681 | Bagrat V. | 4. Government |
1681-1683 | Giorgi IV of Guria | |
1683-1690 | Alexander IV | 1. Government |
1690-1691 | Artschil | 3. Government |
1691-1695 | Alexander IV | 2. Government |
1695-1696 | Artschil | 4. Government |
1696-1698 | Giorgi V. Gotschia | |
1698-1699 | Artschil | 5. Government |
1699-1700 | Simon | |
1701-1702 | Mamia Gurieli | |
1702-1707 | Giorgi VI. Abashidze | |
1707-1711 | Giorgi VII. | 1. Government |
1711 | Mamia (III.) Of Guria | 1. Government |
1711-1713 | Giorgi VII. | 2. Government |
1713 | Mamia (III.) Of Guria | 2. Government |
1713-1716 | Giorgi VII. | 3. Government |
1716 | Giorgi VIII. Guriel | |
1716-1720 | Giorgi VII. | 4. Government |
1720-1751 | Alexander V. | |
1751 | Giorgi IX. | |
1751-1765 | Solomon I. | 1. Government |
1765-1768 | Teimuras I. | |
1768-1784 | Solomon I. | 2. Government |
1784-1792 | David II | |
1792-1810 | Solomon II. | |
1810 West Georgia falls to Russia |
Georgia in the Russian Empire (1801-1918)
Governors
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1801-1803 | Baron Carl Heinrich von Knorring | |
1803-1806 | Prince Pavel Dmitrievich Zizianow | |
1806-1809 | Count Ivan Vasilyevich Gudowitsch | |
1809-1811 | Alexander Petrovich Tormassow | In 1810 Imereti fell to Russia |
1811-1812 | Marquese Filippo Paulucci | |
1812-1817 | Nikolai Fyodorovich Rtishchev | |
1817-1827 | Alexei Petrovich Yermolov | |
1827-1830 | Count Ivan Fyodorowitsch Paskewitsch Paskewitsch-Eriwanski | |
1830-1837 | Grigory Vladimirovich Rosen | |
1837-1842 | Yevgeny Alexandrovich Golovin | |
1842-1844 | Alexander Iwanowitsch Neidhart |
Viceroys (1844–1882)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1844-1854 | Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov | |
1854-1856 | Nikolai Nikolayevich Muravyov | |
1856-1862 | Prince Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky | |
1862-1882 | Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich Romanov |
Governors General and Commander in Chief of the Caucasus (1882–1905)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1882-1890 | Prince Alexander Michailowitsch Dondukow-Korsakow | |
1890-1896 | Sergei Alexandrovich Sheremetev | |
1896-1904 | Prince Grigory Sergeyevich Golitsyn | |
1904-1905 | Yakov Dmitrievich Malama |
Viceroys (1905-1917)
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1905-1915 | Adjutant General Illarion Ivanovich Voronzow-Daschkow | |
1915-1917 | Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov |
The first republic (1918–1921)
Heads of state
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1917-1918 | Yevgeny Gegenchkori | Transcaucasian Federation |
1918-1918 | Akaki I. Chchenkeli | Transcaucasian Democratic Federal Republic |
1918-1921 | Noe Schordania | prime minister |
Georgia in the Soviet Union (1921–1991)
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1922-1924 | Bessarion Lominadze | |
1924-1930 | Lavrenti Kartvelishvili | |
1930-1930 | Levan Ghoghoberidze | |
1930-1931 | Samson Mamulia | |
1931-1938 | Lavrenti Beria | |
1938-1952 | Candidate Tscharkwiani | |
1952-1953 | Akaki Mgeladze | |
1953-1953 | Aleksandre Mirzchulawa | |
1953-1972 | Vasil Mshavanadze | |
1972-1985 | Eduard Shevardnadze | |
1985-1989 | Jumber Patiashvili | |
1989-1990 | Giwi Gumbaridze | |
1990-1991 | Awtandil Margiani | |
1991-1991 | Emal Mikeladze |
Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1938-1941 | Pilipe Macharadze | |
1942-1948 | Giorgi Sturua | |
1948-1952 | Wassil Gogua | |
1952-1953 | Sachari Chchubianishvili | |
1953-1953 | Vladimir Tskhovrebashvili | |
1953-1959 | Miron Chubinidze | |
1959-1975 | Giorgi Dsozenidze | |
1976-1989 | Pavel Gilschwili | |
1989-1989 | Otar Cherkesia | |
1989-1990 | Giwi Gumbaridze | |
1990-1991 | Swiad Gamsachurdia |
The second republic (from 1991)
president
Term of office | Surname | comment |
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1991-1992 | Swiad Gamsachurdia |
State Council Chairman
Term of office | Surname | comment |
---|---|---|
1992-1992 | Djaba Iosseliani , Tengis Kitowani | |
1992-1995 | Eduard Shevardnadze |
President
Term of office | Surname | comment |
---|---|---|
1995-2003 | Eduard Shevardnadze | |
2003-2004 | Nino Burjanadze | interim |
2004-2007 | Mikheil Saakashvili | |
November 2007 – January 2008 | Nino Burjanadze | interim |
2008-2013 | Mikheil Saakashvili | |
2013-2018 | Giorgi Margwelashvili | |
2018– officiating | Salome Zurabishvili | Term of office extended to 6 years, thereafter no more direct election of the president |