Ministry of Defense of Georgia

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Not to be confused with Georgia Department of Defense.
Ministry of Defense of Georgia
საქართველოს თავდაცვის სამინისტრო
Minister of Defense
  • Lela Chikovani,
    First Deputy Minister
  • Rati Bregadze, Davit Sujashvili[2],
    Deputy Ministers
    • Websitewww.mod.gov.ge

    The Ministry of Defense of Georgia (

    Minister of Defence is appointed and removed from the post by the Prime Minister of Georgia. The ministry is currently headed by Irakli Chikovani
    .

    History

    In the midst of

    Georgian MFA expert on the United States became the chairman's aide. The council had the full right to issue binding resolutions on military and security matters of Georgia. In May 1993, Ioseliani and Kitovani were relieved of their duties in the council and disbanded of their government power bases, allowing Shevardnadze to assume greater power.[3]

    Ministry of Defence headquarters in Tbilisi

    The Ministry of Defence was established in 1991.[4] When the Soviet Union ceased to exist, Georgia was able to retain only a few military assets of the

    Georgian SSR with modest amounts of military equipment, most of them obsolescent. Due to the Georgian Civil War
    , the Georgian military shrunk and was limited in resources. Lack of financial resources forced the Georgian government to allocate less money to defence with defence budget being as little as GEL 55 million ($36.7 million) in 1999. There also was lack of coordination between seven independent armed forces which existed in Georgia in 1999, among them the Armed Forces, National Guard of Georgia, Border Guards, Interior Troops, Independent Assault Brigade, Police Special Duties Unit and Special Service for the Protection of the State (SSPS).

    By 2005 Georgian government consolidated the seven branches of the defence forces. The National Guard and the Independent Assault Brigade were incorporated into the Georgian Armed Forces under the Ministry of Defence, the Border Guards and Police Special Duties Unit were subordinated to the

    Ministry of Internal Affairs
    . The number of the active duty personnel in the Armed Forces was reduced to 15,000. As a part of Georgian foreign and security policy, the government has been trying towards progressive integration into European and Euro-Atlantic political, economic, and security structures.
    State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration
    was also created as a part of the process.

    According to the amendment to the law on "Approval of the Number of Georgian Military Forces" passed on July 15, 2007 the number of military servicemen in the Georgian Military was increased by 5,000 servicemen bringing the total number to 37,000 military servicemen.[3]

    Subordinate Institutions/Units

    Georgia MoD structure

    The ministry is headed by the Minister, aided by the First Deputy and two Deputy Ministers. It consists of four main departments:

    • State Military Scientific-Technical Center "Delta"
    • Military Police Department
    • General Inspection
    • Military Intelligence Department.[5]

    The institutions subordinated to the ministry are:

    Budget

    The budget of the Ministry of Defense in 1999 was GEL 55 million ($36.7 million). By 2023, the ministry's budget is GEL 1.3 billion (USD 489.7 million), compared to GEL 1.1 billion (USD 414.3 million) in 2022 (increased rate by USD 75.4 million).[6]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Georgian Parliament Approves 2023 State Budget". Retrieved 2023-10-25.
    2. ^ "Ministry of Defence. Ministry Deputies". Retrieved 2015-05-23.
    3. ^ a b "Global Security. Georgia - Ministry of Defence". Retrieved 2011-04-12.
    4. ^ "Вооружённые силы Грузии" [Armed Forces of Georgia]. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
    5. ^ "Ministry of Defence. Structure". Retrieved 2011-04-12.
    6. ^ "Georgian Parliament Approves 2023 State Budget". Retrieved 2023-10-25.

    External links

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