Mayor of Tbilisi
The Mayor of Tbilisi is an elected politician in Tbilisi. Before 2005 the mayors used to be appointed by the central government. In 2006 first mayoral elections were held in the history of the Republic of Georgia. The first elected mayor of Tbilisi is Giorgi (Gigi) Ugulava who was re-elected in 2006 after one year of being on the position of an appointed Mayor of Tbilisi.
The role
The Mayor is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across whole Tbilisi. The plans of the mayor are scrutinised by the Tbilisi Assembly (Sakrebulo) and actioned by the different governmental bodies of the Tbilisi City Hall.
List of mayors (1991–)
- Tamaz Vashadze: 2 October, 1991 - 6 January, 1992
- Otar Litanishvili: 6 January, 1992 – 21 January, 1993
- Konstantine Gabashvili: 21 January, 1993 - 16 October, 1993
- Nikoloz Lekishvili: 16 October, 1993 – 8 December, 1995
- Badri Shoshitaishvili: 8 December, 1995 – 8 August, 1998
- Ivane (Vano) Zodelava: 10 August, 1998 – 19 April, 2004
- Zurab Tchiaberashvili: 19 April, 2004 – 12 July, 2005
- Giorgi (Gigi) Ugulava: 12 July, 2005 - 12 October, 2006/ 12 October, 2006 - 30 May, 2010/ 30 May, 2010 - 22 December, 2013
- Sevdia Ugrekhelidze (acting) 22 December, 2013 – 2 August, 2014[1]
- David Narmania 2 August, 2014–present[2]
History
Due to the sizable Armenian population of Tbilisi in 19th and 20th centuries, the office of mayor was chiefly occupied by the local Armenians, with the exception of several Georgian mayors, such as Dimitri Kipiani, Vasil Cherkezishvili and Benia Chkhikvishvili.
| Rank | Mayor | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hovhannes (Ivan) Izmiryants | 1840–1843 |
| 2 | Stepan Gabrielyan Khatisyans | 1844–1845 |
| 3 | Movses Ter-Grigoryants | 1845–1846 |
| 4 | Hovhannes Simonyants Shadinyan | 1847–1848 |
| 5 | Tovmas Davtyan Pridonyants | 1848–1849 |
| 6 | Zakaria Stepanyan Amiraghyants | 1850–1851 |
| 7 | Hovsep Afanasyan Mirijanyants | 1851–1852 |
| 8 | Avetik Astvatsatryan(Bogdani) Sveshnikov | 1853–1856 |
| 9 | Soghomon Davtyan Sarajev | 1856–1857 |
| 10 | Andrey Davtyan Mananov | 1857–1858 |
| 11 | Vardan Astvatsatryan Arshakuni | 1858–1860 |
| 12 | Soghomon Zakaryan Abisoghomyan | 1860–1861 1865–1866 |
| 13 | Soghomon Mirimanyan Mirimanyants | 1861–1862 |
| 14 | Gevorg (Egor) Grigoryan Pridonyants | 1862–1864 |
| 15 | Galust Harutyunyan Shermazan-Vardanyants | 1864–1865 |
| 16 | Eremya Gevogyan Artsruni | 1866–1868 |
| 17 | Nikoghayos Hovhannisyan Aladatyants | 1868–1869 |
| 18 | Dmitriy Tumanyants | 1869–1870 |
| 19 | Yazon Dmitryan Tumanyants | 1870–1874 |
| 20 | Dimitri Ivanes Dze Kipiani | 1878–1879 |
| 21 | Anton Soghomonyan Ghorghanyants | 1879 |
| 22 | Aleksandr Stepanyan Matinyants | 1879–1891 |
| 23 | Nikoghayos Barseghyan Arghutyants-Erkaynabazuk | 1891–1893 1895–1898 1903–1904 |
| 24 | Poghos Aleksandryan Izmayilyan | 1893–1895 |
| 25 | Gevorg Grigoryan Evangulyan | 1897–1901 |
| 26 | Aleksandr Mikaelyan Arghutyan-Erkaynabazuk Arghuntyants | 1902 |
| 27 | Krostopor Svakumyan Vermishyants | 1904–1905 |
| 28 | Vasil Nikolozis Dze Cherkezishvili | 1907–1909 |
| 29 | Alexander Khatisyan | 1910–1917 |
| 30 | Benia Chkhikvishvili | 1918–1921 |
See also
References
- ↑ UNM Condemns Suspending Ugulava from Mayoral Office. Civil Georgia, Tbilisi, 22 December 2013
- ↑ Tbilisi’s new Mayor: David Narmania. agenda.ge. 14 July 2014