Kutaisi City Assembly

Kutaisi City Assembly, also known as Kutaisi Municipal Assembly or Kutaisi Sakrebulo, is the elected representative body of Kutaisi, Georgia. It forms part of Georgia's local self-government system and exercises legislative, regulatory, budgetary, and oversight functions within the municipality. The assembly is responsible for adopting local rules and decisions, approving municipal programs and the city budget, supervising executive bodies, and addressing issues affecting public services and the administration of the city. The institution emerged in its modern post-independence form in the early 1990s, following the restoration of Georgia's independence and the development of the country's contemporary local-government framework. Its authority is defined principally by Georgia's Organic Law on Local Self-Government and related legislation. The assembly does not operate as a commercial brand; it is a public institution whose role is to represent residents and make decisions for the municipal territory. The council uses a mixed electoral system. Its 35 seats consist of seven members elected directly from single-member districts and 28 members allocated proportionally according to citywide party support. Members are elected for four-year terms. The assembly's work is organized through regular plenary sessions and five committees, which examine policy areas and prepare matters for consideration by the full council. Its responsibilities cover a broad range of municipal affairs. These include changes to local administrative units and their boundaries, municipal symbols, honorary titles and awards, the naming of geographical features, building-numbering rules, and participation in nonprofit legal entities with other self-governing units. The assembly also regulates and oversees municipal executive bodies and deals with municipal property, social programs, utilities, land use, natural-resource use, spatial planning, transport, roads, accounting, innovation, and digital development. It approves the municipality's socioeconomic development strategy and measures intended to attract investment or support innovation in Kutaisi. The most recent election identified in the reference material took place on 2 October 2021. Georgian Dream won a majority of the vote and subsequently held the dominant position in the council. The current chairperson identified in the reference material is Irakli Shengelia. Because the assembly's composition and officeholders can change through elections, resignations, replacements, or political developments, current membership should be checked against official municipal or electoral records.

Kutaisi City Assembly is the municipal representative council of Kutaisi, one of Georgia's principal cities. In Georgian local-government terminology it is a sakrebulo, an elected body that represents residents and adopts decisions governing the municipality. The assembly's modern institutional history dates to the early 1990s, after Georgia regained independence and began constructing the legal and administrative institutions of the contemporary Georgian state. The available reference material does not specify an exact establishment year. The council's function is legislative and supervisory rather than commercial. It adopts municipal rules, considers amendments to local codes, approves the city budget and socioeconomic development programs, and monitors the work of municipal executive bodies. Its remit extends to practical matters of urban administration, including utilities, public amenities, municipal property, social policy, land use, planning, transport, roads, accounting, natural resources, innovation, and informatization. Under the local self-government framework, the assembly also helps define the municipality's administrative and civic identity. It may create or abolish administrative units and alter their boundaries; establish or revise municipal symbols such as a coat of arms or flag; determine procedures for honorary titles and municipal awards; name geographical objects; and establish building-numbering rules. It may also decide whether the municipality should create, join, or leave a nonprofit legal entity together with other self-governing units. Strategic responsibilities include approving Kutaisi's socioeconomic development strategy and measures designed to attract investment or encourage innovative development. The assembly is elected every four years through a mixed system. Seven representatives are elected in single-member districts, while 28 seats are distributed proportionally among political parties based on their citywide support. The resulting 35-member council conducts business through regular sessions and five committees. Committees provide a specialized setting for reviewing proposals and preparing issues for plenary decision-making. The 2017-2021 composition cited in the reference material included 18 representatives from Georgian Dream, 14 from the United National Movement, two from For Georgia, and one from Strategy Aghmashenebeli. The subsequent municipal election was held on 2 October 2021. Georgian Dream won the majority of votes in that contest, giving it the leading position in the new council. The reference material identifies Irakli Shengelia as the current chairperson. Because the assembly is an elected public body, its membership, leadership, and political balance are subject to change. The available material describes its institutional powers and selected electoral results but does not provide a complete current member roster, a full account of every election since its establishment, or an official institutional website. Those details require verification from Georgian electoral authorities or Kutaisi municipal records.

• 2021

  Municipal election held

  [1]Kutaisi City Assemblyen.wikipedia.org

  Kutaisi held its most recent municipal assembly election identified in the reference material on 2 October 2021. Georgian Dream won the majority of votes.

• 2017

  2017-2021 council composition

  [1]Kutaisi City Assemblyen.wikipedia.org

  The cited composition for the 2017-2021 council was 18 Georgian Dream members, 14 United National Movement members, two members from For Georgia, and one from Strategy Aghmashenebeli.

• Modern assembly established after Georgian independence

  [1]Kutaisi City Assemblyen.wikipedia.org

  The modern Kutaisi municipal assembly was established in the early 1990s as Georgia developed its post-independence local-government institutions. An exact founding year is not specified in the available reference material.

A municipal legislative and representative institution responsible for local rulemaking, budgeting, oversight, and civic administration in Kutaisi.

• 2021

  Georgian Dream wins majority in the 2021 Kutaisi City Assembly election[1]Kutaisi City Assemblyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The latest municipal election identified in the reference material was held on 2 October 2021. Georgian Dream won the majority of votes and became the leading political force in the 35-seat Kutaisi City Assembly.

1. 1Kutaisi City Assemblyen.wikipedia.org