Who’s who in Tbilisi
In Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital and largest city, the ruling party’s candidate is Kakha Kaladze — Georgian Dream’s Secretary-General and incumbent mayor since 2017, seeking a third term.
Kaladze seeks third term as Tbilisi mayor amidst opposition boycott
Kakha Kaladze has been the mayor of Tbilisi since 2017.
Mikheil Gvadzabia
Irakli Kupradze, joint candidate of Strong Georgia and For Georgia, is his competitor; Kupradze’s early public activism was linked to leftist movements before he entered party politics.
Breaking the boycott: The opposition candidate vowing to wrest Tbilisi from Ivanishvili’s grip
Despite much of the opposition boycotting Georgia’s October local elections, Irakli Kupradze has vowed to ‘wrest’ Tbilisi from the ‘Russian Dream’.
Mikheil Gvadzabia
Other candidates include Iago Khvichia, leader of the small libertarian party Girchi, and Zura Makharadze, leader of the pro-Russian far-right Alt Info, along with several even smaller contenders.
