title: Second Gakharia government
text: # Second Gakharia government
  
  The second government of Giorgi Gakharia was the government (cabinet) of Georgia, with Giorgi Gakharia as its head as the country's Prime Minister from 24 December 2020 to February 18, 2021. The cabinet was formed after the 2020 parliamentary elections, in which the victorious Georgian Dream party nominated Giorgi Gakharia as its candidate for prime minister for a second term. Gakharia presented his cabinet to parliament on December 14. The Georgian Dream backed his cabinet and approved it by a parliamentary majority on December 24. The second Gakharia administration was dissolved after his resignation on February 18, 2021, over a dispute within his party on the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia. The political leadership of Georgian Dream, including the party's founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, later branded Gakharia "a coward and a traitor" for stepping down. Gakharia went on to form a new opposition political party.
  
  ## Ministers
  
  | Office | Minister | From | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister | Giorgi Gakharia | 20 June 2018 | Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia (GDDG) |
  | First Deputy Prime Minister | Maya Tskitishvili | 9 September 2019 | GDDG |
  | Deputy Prime Minister | David Zalkaliani | 21 January 2021 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Davit Zalkaliani | 20 June 2018 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Defense | Irakli Garibashvili | 9 September 2019 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Internal Affairs | Vakhtang Gomelauri | 9 September 2019 | GDDG |
  | Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Protection | Eka Tikaradze | 18 June 2019 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Justice | Gocha Lortkipanidze | 24 December 2020 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Education and Science | Mikheil Chkhenkeli | 20 June 2018 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture | Levan Davitashvili | 20 June 2018 | GDDG |
  | State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality | Khetevan Tsikhelashvili | 20 June 2018 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Finance | Ivane Machavariani | 14 July 2018 | GDDG |
  | Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development | Natela Turnava | 18 April 2019 | GDGG |
  | Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure | Maya Tskitishvili | 20 June 2018 | GDDG |
  