Irakli Garibashvili Net Worth

Background and career

Irakli Garibashvili (Georgian: ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982) is a Georgian politician and former business executive who served as prime minister of Georgia from 20 November 2013 until his resignation on 30 December 2015, and then again between 2021 until his resignation in 2024. Garibashvili is a member of the Georgian Dream party and served as the party's chairman. He entered politics with his long-time associate Bidzina Ivanishvili, in October 2012.

He served as Defence Minister of Georgia in the cabinet of prime minister Giorgi Gakharia from 2019 to 2021 and, prior to that, as Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Bidzina Ivanishvili from 2012 to 2013. Ivanishvili named Garibashvili as his successor as prime minister when he voluntarily stepped down in November 2013. Aged 31 at his ascension, he was the youngest person to assume the prime ministerial office. During his first term, he was the second youngest state leader in the world, after Kim Jong Un.