Irakli Kobakhidze

Irakli Kobakhidze
Irakli Kobakhidze
ირაკლი კობახიძე
	Kobakhidze in 2018
16th Prime Minister of Georgia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 February 2024
President	Salome Zourabichvili
Deputy	Levan Davitashvili; Thea Tsulukiani; Irakli Chikovani;
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	Giorgi Margvelashvili; Salome Zourabichvili;
Prime Minister	Giorgi Kvirikashvili; Mamuka Bakhtadze;
Preceded by	Davit Usupashvili
Succeeded by	Archil Talakvadze; Tamar Chugoshvili (acting);
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
	Incumbent
	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	25 September 1978 (age 45); Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Georgian Dream
Spouse	Natalia Motsonelidze
Children	2
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University; University of Düsseldorf;
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Irakli Kobakhidze (Georgian: ირაკლი კობახიძე; born 25 September 1978) is a Georgian constitutional scholar and politician who has served as the 16th Prime Minister of Georgia since February 2024.

He previously served as Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 to 2019 and was a Member of the Georgian Parliament from 2016 to 2024. He held the post of chairman of Georgian Dream party from 2021 to 2024. Prior to joining politics, he was a professor at the Tbilisi State University.^[1]

From 2020 to 2022, Kobakhidze served as vice-president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.^[2] Kobakhidze's statements are often described as "anti-European" and "anti-American" by saying that the West is pushing Georgia into the Russo-Ukrainian War and "opening a second front" and other similar messages.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ "Georgian Dream stalls parliament's investigation of US-sanctioned judges". OC Media. 20 April 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ "Georgian Dream – Irakli Kobakhidze". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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