Mamuka Mdinaradze
Georgian politician
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Mamuka Mdinaradze (Georgian: მამუკა მდინარაძე; born 24 November 1978) is a Georgian politician and jurist who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia since 2026.[1] He simultaneously holds the position of State Minister for Law Enforcment Coordination. [2] He previously served as the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia from September 2025 to April 2026.[3]
Mamuka Mdinaradze | |
|---|---|
მამუკა მდინარაძე | |
Mdinaradze in 2023 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia | |
| Assumed office 30 April 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Irakli Kobakhidze |
| Preceded by | Vakhtang Gomelauri |
| State Minister for Law Enforcment Coordination | |
| Assumed office 30 April 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Irakli Kobakhidze |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Head of the State Security Service of Georgia | |
| In office 3 September 2025 – 21 April 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Irakli Kobakhidze |
| Preceded by | Anri Okhanashvili |
| Succeeded by | Gela Geladze |
| Leader of the Parliamentary Majority | |
| In office 8 February 2024 – 3 September 2025 | |
| In office 25 November 2019 – 11 December 2020 | |
| Chairman of Georgian Dream faction in the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 18 November 2016 – 2 December 2019 | |
| In office 11 December 2020 – 3 September 2025 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 18 November 2016 – 3 September 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1978 |
| Party | Georgian Dream |
Education and early career
Mdinaradze graduated from the Law Faculty of the Tbilisi State University in 2000. In 2005, he became member of the Georgian Bar Association and a defense lawyer specializing in criminal law. He worked in several law firms before establishing his own in 2015. During this year he was given an academic title of Doctor of Law.
Career
During the presidency of Eduard Shevardnadze, Mdinaradze served as an investigator in the Vake-Saburtalo Investigative Service from 2001 to 2004.[4]
Politics
In 2016, Mdinaradze entered politics, joining the ruling Georgian Dream party. He was the Georgian Dream majoritarian candidate for Didi Digomi constituency during the 2016 parliamentary elections and was elected with 51.7% of the vote. Since then, Mdinaradze has served as a member of the Parliament of Georgia. In 2020, he was reelected to Parliament by party list, bloc: "Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia". In Parliament, he served as chairman of Georgian Dream faction from 2016 to 2019 and from 2020 to 2024, as well as a leader of parliamentary majority from 2019 to 2020 and since 2024.[5]