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 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 and actioned by the different governmental bodies of the Tbilisi City Hall.

List of mayors (1991–)

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.
RankMayorDuration
1Hovhannes Izmiryants1840–1843
2Stepan Gabrielyan Khatisyans1844–1845
3Movses Ter-Grigoryants1845–1846
4Hovhannes Simonyants Shadinyan1847–1848
5Tovmas Davtyan Pridonyants1848–1849
6Zakaria Stepanyan Amiraghyants1850–1851
7Hovsep Afanasyan Mirijanyants1851–1852
8Avetik Astvatsatryan Sveshnikov1853–1856
9Soghomon Davtyan Sarajev1856–1857
10Andrey Davtyan Mananov1857–1858
11Vardan Astvatsatryan Arshakuni1858–1860
12Soghomon Zakaryan Abisoghomyan1860–1861
1865–1866
13Soghomon Mirimanyan Mirimanyants1861–1862
14Gevorg Grigoryan Pridonyants1862–1864
15Galust Harutyunyan Shermazan-Vardanyants1864–1865
16Eremya Gevogyan Artsruni1866–1868
17Nikoghayos Hovhannisyan Aladatyants1868–1869
18Dmitriy Tumanyants1869–1870
19Yazon Dmitryan Tumanyants1870–1874
20Dimitri Ivanes Dze Kipiani1878–1879
21Anton Soghomonyan Ghorghanyants1879
22Aleksandr Stepanyan Matinyants1879–1891
23Nikoghayos Barseghyan Arghutyants-Erkaynabazuk1891–1893
1895–1898
1903–1904
24Poghos Aleksandryan Izmayilyan1893–1895
25Gevorg Grigoryan Evangulyan1897–1901
26Aleksandr Mikaelyan Arghutyan-Erkaynabazuk Arghuntyants1902
27Krostopor Svakumyan Vermishyants1904–1905
28Vasil Nikolozis Dze Cherkezishvili1907–1909
29Alexander Khatisyan1910–1917
30Benia Chkhikvishvili1918–1921