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

Kakha Kaladze on the Georgian-language news service of Poland’s public broadcaster: Poland has been observed engaging in hostile activities - we will probably hear an explanation, and appropriate steps will be taken to resolve this
Kakha Kaladze - The first thing that should happen is to summon the EU ambassador, specific questions should be asked - we need friends, not masters
Kakha Kaladze: How many times are they going to impose sanctions? Once, twice, three times - European bureaucrats don’t like arguments, they rely only on superficial messages, threats, and blackmail
Kakha Kaladze on Saakashvili’s statement about the “Opposition Alliance”: They couldn’t manage their own unity - how are these people supposed to run the country?
Giorgi Vashadze to Kakha Kaladze - You say you have 70% support, right? If you are so sure of your legitimacy, come and walk the streets of Tbilisi without security and a Ferrari and let's see what people will have to say to you and to me
Kakha Kaladze: What door-to-door campaigning can Vashadze or similar figures do, who should they meet, and what should they talk about? If any misfortune could have happened to the people, they caused it all when they were in power - they have no political future
Kakha Kaladze: Scientists working at the Abastumani Observatory addressed the government saying that aircraft emissions were creating a problem during observations, therefore adjustments were made - what is the problem with that?!
Kakha Kaladze: Now they’ve realized that elections matter, haven’t they?! - The people know very well who is who, whom Salome Zurabishvili serves, and whose influence she is under
Kakha Kaladze on the visit of the U.S. delegation: We have optimistic expectations - we are ready to start relations from a new page
Kakha Kaladze - Aliyev's visit is very important, even considering how difficult the situation is in the Middle East, what processes are underway in the world, what challenges the world is facing
Paata Burchuladze on the October 4 rally - There were two of us as organizers: me and Georgian Dream, they did everything to make people take to streets after my call
Kakha Kaladze on the decision of the Swiss Federal Council - When it comes to protecting the interests of the country, the topic of passports is out of place
Kakha Kaladze – The Georgian government is ready to turn over a new leaf in the relations with the United States - we don't need masters, we need friends and partners
According to the first quarter data, Georgian Dream received 980,000 GEL in donations, Lelo - 146,000, Freedom Square - 46,745 - National Movement did not receive any donations during the period.
Shalva Papuashvili - Khoshtaria and people like her are the Helsinki Commission's personal prisoners - they are incited to commit crimes, thrown in jail, and then used to attack the government