The chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia () is the presiding officer (speaker) of the Parliament of Georgia. The incumbent speaker is Shalva Papuashvili, since December 29, 2021.
Predecessors of the Parliament of Georgia were the National Council (May 1918 – October 1918), the Parliamentary Assembly (provisional) (1918–1919), the Constituent Assembly (1919–1921), the Parliament (1921), the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1990), and the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia (1990–1992).
The legal maximum remuneration of the chairperson is 13,000 lari per month.
The chairperson of the Parliament becomes the acting president of Georgia if the president vacates the office before the expiration of their term due to death, resignation, or removal from office. Nino Burjanadze is the only speaker to have served as acting president, she did so on two occasions: after the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003 and after President Mikhail Saakashvili briefly left office and called an early election due to political unrest.
List of chairpersons Chairman of the National Council Nikolay Chkheidze May 26, 1918 – October 8, 1918
Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly Nikolay Chkheidze October 8, 1918 – March 12, 1919
Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Nikolay Chkheidze March 12, 1919 – February 25, 1921
Chairman of the Parliament Nikolay Chkheidze February 25, 1921 – Mars 16, 1921
Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR
Chairmen of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia Name(Born–Died) Picture Took office Left office Party 1Zviad Gamsakhurdia(1939–1993)14 November 199014 April 1991Round Table — Free Georgia 2Akaki Asatiani(1953–)14 April 19916 January 1992Union of Georgian Traditionalists
Speakers of the Parliament +Name(Born–Died)PictureTook officeLeft officeParty1(1940–2007)4 November 199225 November 1995Union of Citizens of Georgia
Chairmen of the Parliament Name(Born–Died) Picture Took office Left office Party 1Eduard Shevardnadze(1928–2014)4 November 199225 November 1995Independent2Zurab Zhvania(1963–2005)25 November 199520 November 1999Union of Citizens of Georgia20 November 19991 November 2001 3 Nino Burjanadze(1964–)9 November 200122 April 2004Union of Citizens of Georgia↓Burjanadze-Democrats↓United National Movement (3) 22 April 20047 June 2008United National Movement 4Davit Bakradze(1972–)7 June 200821 October 2012United National Movement 5David Usupashvili(1968–)21 October 201218 November 2016Republican Party of Georgia (Georgian Dream Coalition) 6Irakli Kobakhidze(1978–)18 November 201621 June 2019Georgian Dream -Tamar Chugoshvili (acting)(1984–)21 June 201925 June 2019Georgian Dream 7Archil Talakvadze(1983–)25 June 201924 April 2021Georgian Dream 8Kakha Kutchava(1979–)27 April 202124 December 2021Georgian Dream 9Shalva Papuashvili(1976–)29 December 2021Georgian Dream
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See also President of Georgia Prime Minister of Georgia Supreme Council of Georgia