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

Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Kakha Kaladze on EU Prize in Journalism - We have said before that violent groups were being incited directly from outside the country, which is very grave
Kakha Kaladze - At the externally funded protests, they demanded the repeal of the Transparency Law, today they are telling us to share our experience
Kakha Kaladze: It’s a catastrophe! The European bureaucracy is in a very serious state - it needs rebranding!
Kakha Kaladze: In the matter that Trump is talking about - ending the war and defeating the "Deep State" - we support it; we are ready for the strategic partnership to be restored, for relations to be reset, and to start from a new page
Tbilisi City Hall launches a lung cancer screening funding program
Kakha Kaladze: If a decision adopted within the framework of an administrative complaint is not delivered, it will be published and will be considered delivered on the 30th day
Kakha Kaladze - If anyone has committed a crime, everyone will have to be held accountable before the law, I am responsible for myself
Kakha Kaladze - Sanctions have no essential meaning - in Georgia, rights, freedom of speech and expression are at the highest level!
Kakha Kaladze - Messages saturated with lies and a vision based on lies will be voiced at the Helsinki Commission - this will be an attempt to mislead the international community
Kakha Kaladze: Debate and polemics are welcome – insults and defamation have become daily practice
According to Kakha Kaladze, City Hall will appeal to Parliament and demand stricter laws regarding vandalism
Kakha Kaladze - All central streets, avenues and secondary roads have been completely cleared in the city - heavier snowfall is expected, I urge drivers to refrain from driving without winter tires
Kakha Kaladze on Arab investment – A direct attack is being carried out on the state, because certain forces are not happy that the country is developing economically
Kakha Kaladze - There is a great demand from the public and entrepreneurs - the New Year Village will operate until January 14
Kakha Kaladze: The New Year’s gala concert will be held in a television format – this is how a responsible government acts, seeking to protect people from bullying and insults
Kakha Kaladze: 2025 was full of challenges and difficulties, but it delivered a better, greener Tbilisi with improved infrastructure and more rehabilitated streets - 2026 will be even more interesting
Irakli Kupradze - In 2025, we saw that in the Dream there are not only corrupt people, but also murderers, and no one has the right to say about the opposition that the parties are not trying - let's wish that we could make cursing each other a thing of the past!
Kakha Kaladze - The successes we have had in recent years, not only in sports, are not accidental, they are the result of the policy of the Georgian Dream
Five years of Sadyr Japarov’s Presidency: The main test is still ahead
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