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

European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Olympic team of Georgia takes oath
Kakha Kaladze on the opposition: you should sign a memorandum with the population of your country, they are running somewhere - they used to run in Moscow during the Soviet Union, now they are running in Brussels
Kakha Kaladze: There are question marks, why there is so much pressure on the government regarding the transparency law - as for the freezing of 30 million, this amount is not frozen, they said we will give it to Lomjaria-Gigauri
Kakha Kaladze: While by all criteria we were much ahead compared to the countries that were granted status, Georgia was oppressed because the government of Georgia is unacceptable to them
Kakha Kaladze on the USA: Georgia cannot be someone's servant, it is impossible – cooperation and friendship should be mutual, it cannot be unilateral
Kakha Kaladze: No matter what platforms they create, unite, dissolve, Georgian Dream has a real chance to gain a constitutional majority in the parliamentary elections
In 6 months, Georgian Dream received the most donations - 1,403,706 GEL, Lelo - 910,490 GEL, National Movement - 464,402 GEL
Kakha Kaladze: What will happen on the football field today is much more than football - the fight of our boys fills us with pride even and makes us say - we are here, we are Georgia!
Kakha Kaladze: We want to deepen friendship and strategic partnership, and I think this is very important for the future of our country
Estonian Ambassador to Georgia - If we want EU membership, we should all play by the rules - The Georgian Government on the one hand says that they are moving closer to the EU, but their actions do not prove that
Kakha Kaladze: Unfortunately, pressure continues even today, although no one will succeed in making Georgia share the fate of Ukraine
Kakha Kaladze: There are no US sanctions, there is American friendship - don't worry about my travelling, please
Tbilisi gained a new status: "European Sports City 2025"
Kakha Kaladze: It is a pity that the President has not yet responded to the submission of the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Parliament regarding awarding the players of the national team with the Order of Honor
Irakli Kobakhidze, together with Kakha Kaladze, meets with members of national football team
GYLA: People employed in public institutions were threatened with dismissal, and were also forced to like Kakha Kaladze’s posts
Kakha Kaladze: I'm not worried and I ask God not to give me more to worry about than that - I don't have an American visa, the last time I was there was when I played in Milan, I haven't been there since then and I don't want to go there- nobody is afraid of these sanctions
Lithuanian Ambassador to Georgia - We wish Georgia to advance, but does Georgia wish to advance? It must prove this; it must be the champion of the champions on its European path - All the doors and windows for the EU integration are being opened - Will they be open forever? I don't know, I'm not sure
Robin Wagener - With the law on "transparency of foreign influence", there will be no EU membership - No chance for that
Estonian Ambassador to Georgia - If we want EU membership, we should all play by the rules - The Georgian Government on the one hand says that they are moving closer to the EU, but their actions do not prove that