Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze

Place of birth

Samtredia

Biography

In 2003, he graduated from Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Faculty of History. He is the former captain of the Georgian national football team. Kaladze played as left and central defender. He was a member of the national football team from 1996 to 2012; From 1998 to 2001, he played for Dynamo Kyiv; 2001-2010 AC Milan; 2010-2012 Genoa. From 2012 to 2016, he was Minister of Energy / Vice Prime Minister of Georgia; In 2017, he was elected Mayor of Tbilisi. He was re-elected as Mayor in 2021.

Political Council of the Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party, member (2011-);

International Investment Group "Kala Capital", founder (2007-);

Parliament of Georgia of the 8th convocation, member (2012-2012);

Charitable Foundation "Kala Foundation", founder (2008-);

Supervisory Board of JSC "Progress Bank", member (2008-)

Awards and prizes

2011 - Player of the Year of Georgia;

2007 - Player of the Year of Georgia;

2005 - Player of the Year of Georgia;

2002 - Player of the Year of Georgia;

2000 - Player of the Year of Georgia;

Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali second-degree

Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Kakha Kaladze - What chemical substance? Is dispersal of protests happening only in Georgia?! - Nothing that is prohibited was used
Kakha Kaladze on Budapest visit: Support from international partners who share our values of freedom, democracy, and sovereignty is very important for our country
Péter Szijjártó: Kakha Kaladze won the elections by a large margin, which clearly proves how satisfied the population of Tbilisi is with his work – I ask him, if he has time, to give lectures in Budapest to our mayor
Kakha Kaladze: The information published by the BBC is sheer nonsense - there is an attack on our country, and if any dirt can be imagined, they do everything to fabricate it
Kakha Kaladze visit Budapest and meet with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto
Kakha Kaladze on today’s rally: What should I expect? You see, in what condition they are! It doesn't matter how many there are, 10, 30... – they are in the minority
Kakha Kaladze: Christmas and New Year illuminations in the capital will be ceremonially lit on December 12 – it is important that as many companies as possible get involved in the holiday events
Kakha Kaladze: What we’ve been saying is confirmed — money comes from abroad, funding politics and media hostile to the country, seeking ‘black holes’ to bring funds into Georgia
Kakha Kaladze - 99% of business sector representatives are donors to the Georgian Dream, why are you surprised? What's wrong with that? This is a normal process in the USA
Kakha Kaladze on Bidzina Ivanishvili's court case - Bidzina Ivanishvili and his family are being blackmailed, including in exchange for giving up the country's interests - I don't think anything will change
Kakha Kaladze: All statements made by the EPP are filled with lies; they openly say: “We are looking for black holes to finance a coup” — informal governance dominates the world, and these people never rest
Kakha Kaladze: I communicated with Luka Dzadzamia and leaving the City Council is his personal decision; he has received countless insults in recent months - he will continue working in the private sector
Kakha Kaladze - 300 people have remained and they walk back and forth at the rallies, they have no support from the people, they are unsuccessful - that is why they dislike successful people, including our football players
Kakha Kaladze on reports about construction of mosques within Eagle Hills project - How can you be called a politician and tell this type of lie?
Kakha Kaladze: The capital’s main financial document is ready — Tbilisi’s 2026 budget amounts to 2,082,482,000 GEL, nearly 100 million GEL more than last year
So-called foreign ministry of occupied Tskhinvali - Despite the conciliatory tone emanating from Tbilisi, we again note the use of destructive terminology - we call on the authorities to realistically perceive the created reality
Lela Jejelava: It is correct for no party to enter the elections until the ‘National Movement’ is banned — if anyone enters a cleared field, it will be difficult to justify that it is not Ivanishvili’s project
Kakha Kaladze on the abolition of the Anti-Corruption Bureau: It was an externally imposed, supposedly independent body
Ambassador of Korea Hyon Du KIM - Korea’s strength lies in high-tech manufacturing while Georgia’s strength is in logistics and service areas - Georgia should not be just considered as a single market but as a market that can encompass the region and beyond
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger