Special State Protection Service of Georgia

History

Heads of the service

• Lieutenant-General Vakhtang Kutateladze, 1994—1998
• Lieutenant-General Sulkhan Papashvili, 1998—2003
• Major-General Giorgi Aleksidze, 2003—2004
• Lieutenant-General Otar Kvelidze, 2004—2010
• Major-General Teimuraz Janashia, 2010—2013
• Vice-Colonel Anzor Chubinidze, 2013—2014
• Colonel Teimuraz Mghebrishvili, 2014
• Colonel Anzor Chubinidze,2015 till now

  Functions

• the leading officials from executive, legislative and judiciary bodies of Georgia,
• the buildings, structures and the adjoining territories belonging to the government of Georgia,
• the visiting high-ranking foreign officials, representatives of the international organisations, and other important persons,
• the places, temporary or permanent, where the Georgian government or officials reside.

• President of Georgia
• Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia
• Prime Minister of Georgia
• Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of Georgia
• Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia
• Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
• Minister of Justice of Georgia
• Heads of the supreme legislative and executive authority of Abkhazia and Adjara
• Head of Administration of the President of Georgia
• Permanent members of the National Security Council of Georgia
• Heads of foreign states, visiting Georgia
• Candidates for Presidency of Georgia during pre-election campaign and elections.

• Deputy Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, members of the Parliament, members of the Government, other high-ranking officials as well as their family members if the evidence suggests threat to their lives and health;
• Highest-ranking foreign officials and representatives of international organizations;
• Heads of diplomatic missions to Georgia;
• Family members of former high-ranking officials as mandated by a special law.