title: Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia
text: # Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia
  
  The chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პარლამენტის თავმჯდომარე, romanized: sakartvelos p'arlament'is tavmjdomare) 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 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
  
  ### Chairmen of the Supreme Council
  
  | No. | Name (Born–Died) | Picture | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939–1993) | | 14 November 1990 | 14 April 1991 | Round Table — Free Georgia |
  | 2 | Akaki Asatiani (1953–) | | 14 April 1991 | 6 January 1992 | Union of Georgian Traditionalists |
  
  ### Speakers of the Parliament of Georgia
  
  | No. | Name (Born–Died) | Picture | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vakhtang Goguadze [ka] (1940–2007) | | 4 November 1992 | 25 November 1995 | Union of Citizens of Georgia |
  
  ### Chairman of the Georgian Parliament
  
  | No. | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014) | 4 November 1992 | 25 November 1995 | Independent |
  | 2 | Zurab Zhvania (1963–2005) | 25 November 1995 | 20 November 1999 | Union of Citizens of Georgia |
  | 2 | Zurab Zhvania (1963–2005) | 20 November 1999 | 1 November 2001 | Union of Citizens of Georgia |
  | 3 | Nino Burjanadze (1964–) | 9 November 2001 | 22 April 2004 | Union of Citizens of Georgia ↓ Burjanadze-Democrats ↓ United National Movement |
  | (3) | Nino Burjanadze (1964–) | 22 April 2004 | 7 June 2008 | United National Movement |
  | 4 | Davit Bakradze (1972–) | 7 June 2008 | 21 October 2012 | United National Movement |
  | 5 | David Usupashvili (1968–) | 21 October 2012 | 18 November 2016 | Republican Party of Georgia (Georgian Dream) |
  | 6 | Irakli Kobakhidze (1978–) | 18 November 2016 | 21 June 2019 | Georgian Dream |
  | - | Tamar Chugoshvili (acting) (1984–) | 21 June 2019 | 25 June 2019 | Georgian Dream |
  | 7 | Archil Talakvadze (1983–) | 25 June 2019 | 24 April 2021 | Georgian Dream |
  | 8 | Kakha Kutchava (1979–) | 27 April 2021 | 24 December 2021 | Georgian Dream |
  | 9 | Shalva Papuashvili (1976–) | 29 December 2021 | | Georgian Dream |
  