Grigol Liluashvili

Grigol Liluashvili
Head of the State Security Service of Georgia
In office
17 October 2019 – 2 April 2025
Prime MinisterGiorgi Gakharia
Irakli Garibashvili
Irakli Kobakhidze
Preceded byVakhtang Gomelauri
Succeeded byAnri Okhanashvili
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office
18 November 2016 – 22 December 2017
Personal details
Born (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyGeorgian Dream (2016–present)
Alma materTechnical University of Georgia

Grigol Liluashvili (Georgian: გრიგოლ ლილუაშვილი, born 1 September 1977) is a Georgian politician and civil servant. He was the Chief of the State Security Service from 2019 to 2025 and was a Member of Parliament from 2016 to 2017.

Career

Liluashvili entered politics from the business sector as an associate of former Prime Minister and billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili. In 2016 he was elected as a member of parliament from the Georgian Dream party, however he was quickly transferred to a senior position in the State Security Service.[1] After the appointment of Vakhtang Gomelauri as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Liluashvili was named the Head of the Security Service.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Reginfo.ge. "სუს-ის უფროსის მოადგილედ გრიგოლ ლილუაშვილი დაინიშნა". reginfo.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. ^ "სუს-ის უფროსის პოსტზე მთავრობამ გრიგოლ ლილუაშვილი წარადგინა". Civil.ge (in Georgian). 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2021-06-25.