Mayor of Tbilisi

Mayor of Tbilisi
თბილისის მერი
Seal of Tbilisi
Incumbent Kakha Kaladze since 13 November 2017
Type	Mayor
Reports to	Tbilisi City Assembly
Seat	Tbilisi City Hall Building, Tbilisi, Georgia
Appointer	Direct popular vote (2010-Present)
Term length	4 years
Constituting instrument	Organic Law Of Georgia – Local Self-Government Code
Inaugural holder	Hovhannes (Ivan) Izmiryants (as Head of Tiflis) Tamaz Vashadze (as Mayor of Tbilisi)
Formation	1840; 184 years ago (1840) (Head Of Tiflis) October 2, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-10-02) (Mayor of Tbilisi)
Website	tbilisi.gov.ge

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.