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Ministry of Defence headquarters in Tbilisi. The Ministry of Defence was established in 1991. [3] When the Soviet Union ceased to exist, Georgia was able to retain only a few military assets of the Soviet Army stationed in the Georgian SSR with modest amounts of military equipment, most
1.1 Ministers of War of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921) 1.2 People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the Georgian SSR (1921–1923) 1.3 Ministers of Defense of the Republic of Georgia (From 1991)
The Defence Forces are under overall leadership of the Minister of Defence of Georgia and directly headed by the Chief of Defence Forces. The first regular military was established in the first Georgian Republic in 1918 and was in existence until after the republic's overthrow by the invading Soviet Russian forces in 1921.
The position of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia was introduced in 1991. It was named General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces until 2008, Joint Staff of Georgian Armed Forces from 2008 to 2013, [1] again General Staff of Georgian Armed Forces from to 2018, when the current naming—General Staff of the Defence Forces—was adopted.
The Chief of Georgian Defence Forces is a chief military officer in the Georgian Defence Forces (GDF). They oversee the coherence of the armed forces organization, combat readiness and mobilization as well as military development of the GDF, and are responsible for conduct of operations in war, including plans of use, general articulation of forces, and distribution of operational means ...
The Chief of General Staff exercises overall leadership of the General Staff and directs its day-to-day activities. The Chief is responsible for the proper execution of the tasks saddled on the General Staff, supervises planning of military operations, oversees coordination among the staffs of various units of the Defence Forces, and performs other functions as defined by the military law.
Irakli Chikovani (born 28 August 1980) is a Georgian politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence of Georgia since February 8, 2024. A member of the Georgian Dream party, he was previously a Member of Parliament from 2020 to 2024 and 2012 to 2016.
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