The following lists events in 2019 in Georgia.
Incumbents
National
President: Salome Zurabishvili (assumed office on 16 December 2018) Prime Minister: Mamuka Bakhtadze (20 June 2018 – 2 September 2019), Giorgi Gakharia (assumed office on 8 September 2019) Chairperson of Parliament: Irakli Kobakhidze (18 November 2016 – 21 June 2019), Archil Talakvadze (assumed office 25 June 2019)
Autonomous republics
Adjara
Chairman of the Government: Tornike Rizhvadze (21 July 2018 – present) Chairman of the Supreme Council: Davit Gabaidze (28 November 2016 – present)
Abkhazia
Chairman of Government (-in-exile): Vakhtang Kolbaia (acting; 8 April 2013 – 1 May 2019); Ruslan Abashidze (acting; 1 May 2019 – present) Chairman of the Supreme Council (-in-exile): Elguja Gvazava (20 March 2009 – 8 April 2019); Jemal Gamakharia (8 April 2019 – present)
Disputed territories
Abkhazia
President: Raul Khadjimba (25 September 2014 – present) Prime Minister: Valeri Bganba (18 September 2018 – present) Chairman of People's Assembly: Valeri Kvarchia (13 April 2017 – present)
South Ossetia
President: Anatoly Bibilov (23 April 2017 – present) Prime Minister: Erik Pukhayev (16 May 2017 – present) Chairman of Parliament: Pyotr Gasiev (7 June 2017 – present)
Events
January
1 January – The law on a defined contribution plan—mandatory for legally employed people under 40—comes into effect. Critics say the saved money is not properly secured against risks. 9 January – The Prosecutor's Office announces TBC Bank, the leading Georgian banking company, is facing a criminal investigation over alleged money-laundering, involving a US$17 million transaction back in 2008. The bank denies the charges. On 13 February, the National Bank of Georgia requests that the TBC Bank remove he Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Mamuka Khazaradze and his deputy Badri Japaridze. After days of standoff, on 21 February, the two men resign from their position following the decision of the supervisory board to withdraw the lawsuit against the National Bank. 16 January – A gas explosion damages an apartment block in Didi Dighomi district of Tbilisi, killing four, including a minor, and injuring eight others. 22 January – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in its resolution welcomes Georgia's so-called Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list, a "sanctions list of perpetrators and persons responsible for the cover-up of grave human rights violations" in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. 24 January – Georgia and the International Criminal Court (ICC) sign an Agreement on the Enforcement of Sentences, allowing the persons convicted by the ICC to serve their sentence of imprisonment in Georgia. 31 January – The European Court of Human Rights rules that the Russian Federation has to pay 10 million Euros in compensation for damages related to the detention and collective deportation of Georgian nationals from Russia in 2006. 31 January – Seven men are found dead in an apartment block in Tbilisi, apparently as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, leading to further concerns regarding the shortcomings in policy and management of the city's gas infrastructure.
February
1 February – Sixteen persons are arrested over the leak of sex tape allegedly showing a senior lawmaker Eka Beselia from the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party. The scandal comes amid Beselia's ongoing fallout with the Georgian Dream's parliamentary leadership. Beselia leaves the GD party on February 22, a day after the Parliament votes down her legislative proposal on suspending lifetime appointment of city and appeals court judges. This is followed by departure of two more parliamentary members of the GD, leading to the party losing a constitutional majority.
March
April
21 April – At least 55 people are injured as a protest in the Pankisi gorge over construction of a hydro-electric power plant grows into clashes with the riot police. As a result, the construction is suspended, while the riot police units are withdrawn from the area. 21 April – Azerbaijani border guards close access to the parts of David Gareja monastery complex located in a disputed Georgian–Azerbaijani border section, leading to a series of protests among the Georgian civic activists and local residents. Meanwhile, border talks continue between the two sides.
May
1 May – The Parliament of Georgia adopts controversial amendments to the Law of Georgia on Common Courts, backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party. The controversy has caused internal split within the party, resulting in defection of several of its vocal members.