Irakli Garibashvili

Irakli Garibashvili
ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი
Garibashvili in 2023
Chairman of Georgian Dream
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2024
Preceded by	Irakli Kobakhidze
In office 15 November 2013 – 30 December 2015
Preceded by	Bidzina Ivanishvili
Succeeded by	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
11th & 15th Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 22 February 2021 – 29 January 2024
President	Salome Zourabichvili
Deputy	Thea Tsulukiani Levan Davitashvili
Preceded by	Giorgi Gakharia
Succeeded by	Irakli Kobakhidze
In office 20 November 2013 – 30 December 2015
President	Giorgi Margvelashvili
Deputy	Giorgi Kvirikashvili Kakha Kaladze
Preceded by	Bidzina Ivanishvili
Succeeded by	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Minister of Defence
In office 8 September 2019 – 22 February 2021
Prime Minister	Giorgi Gakharia
Preceded by	Levan Izoria
Succeeded by	Juansher Burchuladze
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 25 October 2012 – 17 November 2013
Prime Minister	Bidzina Ivanishvili
Preceded by	Ekaterine Zguladze (Acting)
Succeeded by	Aleksandre Chikaidze
Political Secretary of Georgian Dream
In office 5 March 2019 – 1 February 2024
Preceded by	Gia Volski
Succeeded by	Irakli Kobakhidze
Personal details
Born	(1982-06-28) 28 June 1982 (age 41) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Georgian Dream (2012–2015, 2019–present)
Spouse	Nunuka Tamazashvili
Children	Nikoloz Andria Gabriel Nino
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Signature
Website	Prime Minister's Personal Website

Irakli Garibashvili (Georgian: ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982^[1]) is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who served as the prime minister of Georgia between 22 February 2021 and 29 January 2024.^[2] He had previously served as prime minister from 20 November 2013 until his resignation on 30 December 2015. Garibashvili is a member of the Georgian Dream party and has served as the party's chairman since 1 February 2024. He entered politics with his long-time associate Bidzina Ivanishvili, in October 2012.

He served as Defence Minister of Georgia in the cabinet of prime minister Giorgi Gakharia from 2019 to 2021 and, prior to that, as Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Bidzina Ivanishvili from 2012 to 2013. Ivanishvili named Garibashvili as his successor as prime minister when he voluntarily stepped down in November 2013.^[3] Aged 31 at his ascension, he was the youngest person to assume the Prime Ministerial office. During his first term, he was the second youngest state leader in the world, after Kim Jong-un.^[4]