Mayor of Tbilisi
თბილისის მერი
Seal of Tbilisi
Incumbent Kakha Kaladze since 13 November 2017
Type	Mayor
Reports to	Tbilisi City Assembly
Seat	Tbilisi City Hall Building, Tbilisi, Georgia
Appointer	Direct popular vote (2010-Present)
Term length	4 years
Constituting instrument	Organic Law Of Georgia – Local Self-Government Code
Inaugural holder	Hovhannes (Ivan) Izmiryants (as Head of Tiflis) Tamaz Vashadze (as Mayor of Tbilisi)
Formation	1840; 184 years ago (1840) (Head Of Tiflis) October 2, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-10-02) (Mayor of Tbilisi)
Website	tbilisi.gov.ge

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 (Gigi) 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 (Sakrebulo) and actioned by the different governmental bodies of the Tbilisi City Hall.

List of mayors (1991–)

• Tamaz Vashadze: 2 October 1991 – 6 January 1992
• Otar Litanishvili: 6 January 1992 – 21 January 1993
• Konstantine Gabashvili: 21 January 1993 – 16 October 1993
• Nikoloz Lekishvili: 16 October 1993 – 8 December 1995
• Badri Shoshitaishvili: 8 December 1995 – 8 August 1998
• Ivane (Vano) Zodelava: 10 August 1998 – 19 April 2004
• Zurab Tchiaberashvili: 19 April 2004 – 12 July 2005
• Giorgi (Gigi) Ugulava: 12 July 2005 – 12 October 2006/ 12 October 2006 – 30 May 2010/ 30 May 2010 – 22 December 2013
• Sevdia Ugrekhelidze (acting): 22 December 2013 – 2 August 2014^[1]
• David Narmania: 2 August 2014–13 November 2017^[2]
• Kakha Kaladze: 13 November 2017–present^[3]

History

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.