Ministry of Defense of Georgia

Georgian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters

The Ministry of Defense of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს თავდაცვის სამინისტრო, sakartvelos tavdatsvis saministro) is the Georgian government ministry which is governing body of Defense Forces of Georgia and it's regulating activities in defence of the country from threats, invasion, territorial integrity and waging wars on behalf of Georgia. The Minister of Defence is appointed and removed by Prime Minister of Georgia. The current minister of ministry is Juansher Burchuladze.

Ministry of Defense of Georgia
საქართველოს თავდაცვის სამინისტრო
Coat of arms of Georgia
Emblem of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia
Agency overview
Formed1991
HeadquartersGeneral Kvinitadze Str. N20, Tbilisi, Georgia 0112
Employees42,542
Annual budget1.359 billion in 2015
($616.526 million)[1]
Agency executives
  • Juansher Burchuladze,
    Minister of Defense
  • Lela Chikovani,
    First Deputy Minister
  • Rati Bregadze, Davit Sujashvili[2],
    Deputy Ministers
Websitewww.mod.gov.ge

Ministers

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Ministers of War of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)

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People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the Georgian SSR (1921–1923)

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Ministers of Defense of the Republic of Georgia (From 1991)

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Former Minister Sikharulidze with U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Cartwright (right) in 2009

Ministers of Defense of Georgia (From 2004)

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Other websites

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References

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  1. "Budget of Ministry of Defense of Georgia" (PDF). www.mod.gov.ge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. "Ministry of Defence. Ministry Deputies". Retrieved 2015-05-23.