First Kvirikashvili government
{{Short description|Government of Georgia}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = Kvirikashvili government
|jurisdiction = Georgia
|cabinet_number = 12th
|flag = Flag of Georgia.svg
|flag_border = true
|incumbent = 2015-2016
|image = File:PM_Giorgi_Kvirikashvili_meeting_with_Iranian_VP_Eshaq_Jahangiri.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|date_formed = {{start date|2015|12|30}}
|date_dissolved = {{end date|2016|11|5}}
|government_head = Giorgi Kvirikashvili (GD)
|government_head_history =
|state_head = Giorgi Margvelashvili (GD)
|members_number = 20
|political_parties = Georgian Dream coalition
|legislature_status = Majority government
|election = 2012 parliamentary election
|legislature_term = 8th Parliament of Georgia (2012–2016)
|budget =
|incoming_formation =
|outgoing_formation =
|previous = First Garibashvili government
|successor = Second Kvirikashvili government
}}
The first government of Giorgi Kvirikashvili was the government of Georgia, led by Giorgi Kvirikashvili as the Prime Minister. It was nominated by the ruling Georgian Dream coalition after the preceding Garibashvili government was dissolved following Garibashvili's resignation and won the confidence vote in the Parliament of Georgia overnight from December 29 to December 30, 2015.{{cite news|title=Kvirikashvili Confirmed as New Prime Minister|url=http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=28892|accessdate=30 December 2015|work=Civil Georgia|date=30 December 2015}} On 26 November 2016, after the October 2016 parliamentary election, the second Kvirikashvili government was approved by the Parliament.{{cite news|title=Georgia's Parliament approves new Government|url=http://agenda.ge/news/70823/eng|accessdate=27 November 2016|work=agenda.ge|date=26 November 2016}}
==List of ministers and portfolios==
| class=wikitable |
| Portfolio
!Minister !Period !Party |
|---|
| Prime Minister
|December 30, 2015 – |
| First Deputy Prime Minister
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Deputy Prime Minister
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Finance
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
|December 30, 2015 |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister for Labor, Healthcare and Social Affairs
|December 30, 2015 – |None |
| Minister of Energy
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Internal Affairs
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Justice
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
|December 30, 2015 – |None |
| Minister of Education and Science
|Tamar Sanikidze |December 30, 2015 – 3 June |None |
| Minister for IDPs, Accommodation and Refugees
|December 30, 2015 |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources
|December 30, 2015 – |
| Minister of Defense
|Tinatin Khidasheli |December 30, 2015 – August 1, 2016 |Republican Party of Georgia |
| Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| Minister of Agriculture
|Otar Danelia |December 30, 2015 – September 9, 2016 | |
| Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance
|December 30, 2015 – | |
| Minister of Culture and Monument Protection
|December 30, 2015 – | |
| Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs
|December 30, 2015 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
|November 15, 2014 – |Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia |
| State Minister for Reintegration
|Paata Zakareishvili |December 30, 2015 – August 1, 2016 |Republican Party of Georgia |
| State Minister on the Diaspora Issues
|December 30, 2015 – | |