Georgia to abolish National Security Council, shift powers to government in September

Georgia is set to abolish its National Security Council, with its functions and responsibilities to be assumed directly by the government starting September 1, 2025.

This move comes as part of a draft law recently submitted to the Georgian parliament, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Currently, the National Security Council is led by the prime minister and includes top officials from government, intelligence, and military sectors.

Georgia’s National Security Council was established in 1996 with the purpose of organising military development and defence, as outlined in the Law on the National Security Council. The council functioned as an advisory body authorised to review issues for the preparation of high-level decisions, according to the legislation. A new operational model for the council was introduced in 2019.

Since 2020, Secretary of the National Security Council has been Vakhtang Gomelauri, who resigned from his post as minister of internal affairs on May 28, 2025.

By Naila Huseynova