Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Vakhtang Gomelauri

Place of birth

Tbilisi

Education

In 2003 graduated from Georgian State Academy of Physical Education and Sport

Professional Experience

29.12.1994 - 01.04.2003 – State Protection Special Service of Georgia;

01.04.2003 - 22.03.2013 – LEPL – Security Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

22.03.2013 - 11.12.2014 - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

11.12.2014 - 26.01.2015 – First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

26.01.2015 - 01.08.2015 - Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

On August 1, 2015, appointed to the position of the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia;

On September 8, 2019, appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia for the second time

Rank

Police Lieutenant-General

Marital status

Married, two children

Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Mamuka Mdinaradze's office calls Eliso Kiladze's statement "fake"
Eliso Kiladze - I became a victim of Mamuka Mdinaradze's personal vendetta - If I had agreed to "blacken" Kakha Kaladze, Grigol Liluashvili, Vakhtang Gomelauri and Ucha Mamatsashvili in exchange for a certain payment, I would not have had any problems
Transparency International Georgia: There are 35 licensed TIR PARKs in Georgia, and they are located near 9 customs checkpoints - Of these, the owners and directors of 8 TIR PARKs are representatives of “Georgian Dream” and individuals connected to them
Levan Khabeishvili - They are playing the "investigation"! They are playing the "investigation"! Two years have passed and they have now “seen in a dream” that torture took place, they caught " two small fish " and are protecting the main ones
Tbilisi City Court upholds pre-trial detention applied against Giorgi Gakharia in absentia
Lasha Farulava: The arrest of Akhalaia serves to cover up systemic corruption; we demanded the arrest of Liluashvili and a response to the “call centers.” We were calling the police - why weren’t the police coming? Where is Gomelauri, and why has he not been arrested?
The “For Georgia” faction has submitted a draft resolution to Parliament requesting the creation of an investigative commission regarding the BBC report
Irakli Kobakhidze: Theoretically, Vano Merabishvili and Shota Utiashvili could be held responsible – Vakhtang Gomelauri is not a chemist to recheck the powder purchased in 2007
State Security Service questions Zviad Kharazishvili (“Khareba”) in connection with BBC report
Vakhtang Gomelauri questioned at the State Security Service
Tengiz Sharmanashvili on BBC investigative material - I didn't mix anything up, but whoever mixed it up claims that he did it in full compliance with the law - if we weren't sure, we wouldn't go to the international court
Irakli Kobakhidze: A powder analysis will be done; one thing is the documentation, another is the analysis. Under that code there are dozens of substances, many of which are not prohibited - the powder was purchased and was likely intended to be used at the rallies
Davit Mzhavanadze: It suddenly turned out that ‘Georgian Dream’ is the party of chemical weapons and is itself the ‘party of war,’ which is at war with its own people and poisons them with chemical agents
Gia Khukhashvili: If it comes to the ‘scapegoat bucket,’ the one at risk isn’t Irakli Garibashvili, but Irakli Kobakhidze! At some point, Ivanishvili has to ‘wash’ Kobakhidze one day
NGOs demand public answer to question: “What chemical substances did the police use against peaceful protests”
Gela Geladze - The accusation that the MIA used the so-called Camite is a lie - Gomelauri meant that various substances were purchased in 2009, but not Camite - I can tell you with certainty that the MIA has never purchased the so-called Camite
Vakhtang Gomelauri on the BBC investigation: The substances they’re talking about were indeed purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and used, but only until 2012
Irakli Kobakhidze: Vakhtang Gomelauri does not have any function in the political team today - I cannot comment on the gossip
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners