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{{short description|Georgian government ministry}}
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|nativename      = შერიგებისა და სამოქალაქო თანასწორობის საკითხებში სახელმწიფო მინისტრის აპარატი
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|formed          = January 24, 2008
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|superseding     = State Ministry on Conflict Resolution Issues
|jurisdiction    = [[Government of Georgia (country)|Government of Georgia]]
|headquarters    = 7 Ingorokva str. [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] 0134
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|chief1_name     = [[Tea Akhvlediani]]
|chief1_position = <br/>State Minister for Reintegration
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The '''State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality ''' ({{lang-ka|შერიგებისა და სამოქალაქო თანასწორობის საკითხებში სახელმწიფო მინისტრის აპარატი}}) is a [[governmental agency]] within the [[Cabinet of Georgia]] in charge of coordination and monitoring of activities undertaken towards [[Georgian–Ossetian conflict|Georgian–Ossetian]] and [[Georgian–Abkhazian conflict|Georgian–Abkhazian]] conflict resolution, generating new peace initiatives and reintegrating the conflict regions and their population with the rest of Georgia.<ref name=Diaspora>{{cite web |url=http://www.diaspora.gov.ge/files/faili/chapter4-eng.html |title= Diaspora Ministry. Chapter 4: The Period Following the Rose Revolution |accessdate=2011-02-16}}</ref> The ministry was established in 2008 and it was known as the State Ministry for Reintegration until 2014. Incumbent minister is [[Tea Akhvlediani]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2020/2477|title=Tea Akhvlediani appointed Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality|website=Agenda.ge|date=6 August 2020}}</ref>
==History==
The office was established on January 24, 2008 by [[President of Georgia|Presidential]] Decree No. 33 effectively replacing State Ministry on Conflict Resolution Issues. On February 8, 2008, office of the minister was created and all of its statutes approved by Resolution No. 23. Its first minister [[Temur Iakobashvili]] was appointed on January 31, 2008.
After establishment of the agency, Georgian officials proposed a peace format "3+1" ([[Russia]], [[North Ossetia–Alania]], [[Government of South Ossetia|separatist authorities of South Ossetia]] and Georgia) through "2+2+2" format, where conflict resolution negotiations would be held in three levels. The first level was proposed to include local leaders of the [[Tskhinvali]] separatist authorities and [[Dmitry Sanakoyev]]'s [[Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia]]. The second level was to include Russian and Georgia as international legal parties to the conflict and the third level was to involve OSCE and the EU as neutral international mediating parties. Both Russia and South Ossetian separatist authorities rejected the proposal.<ref name=Diaspora/> On January 1, 2014, the ministry was renamed into the State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality with the declared aim of easing engagement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.<ref>[http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=26842 State Ministry for Reintegration Renamed]. ''Civil Georgia''. January 2, 2014.</ref>
==Structure==
Main functions of the agency are providing political support for both [[Georgian–Ossetian conflict|Georgian–Ossetian]] and [[Georgian–Abkhazian conflict|Georgian–Abkhazian]] conflict resolutions, initiating new peace proposals and assisting with reintegration of breakaway regions and its Abkhazian, Ossetian and Georgian population with the rest of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. The office also facilitates the process of creating necessary preconditions for a full scale resolution of the conflicts including reactivation of Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz relations. Among main aims of the agency were involving European Neighborhood Program, [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] rehabilitation programs and [[European Union]] as chief mediator in the peaceful conflict resolution process.<ref name=Diaspora/> The activities of the office also include development, organization and management of the peace process, instituting mechanisms for unconditional return of refugees and IDPs to their homes, restoration of economic ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and contributing to joint economic activities, restoration and development of social ties with the breakaway regions, elaboration of a mutually acceptable system of political arrangement based on democratic principles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smr.gov.ge/en/about_ministry |title=Office of the State Minister for Reintegration. Mission Statement |accessdate=2011-02-16}}</ref>
==Ministers==
===State Ministers of Conflict Resolution Issues===
*[[Giorgi Khaindrava]], 2004–2006
*Merab Antadze, 2006–2007
*[[David Bakradze]], 2007–2008
===State Ministers for Reintegration===
*[[Temur Iakobashvili]], 2008–2010
*[[Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili]], 2010–2012
*[[Paata Zakareishvili]], 2012–2014
===State Ministers for Reconciliation and Civic Equality===
*[[Paata Zakareishvili]], 2014–2016
*[[Ketevan Tsikhelashvili]], 2016–2020
*[[Tea Akhvlediani]], 2020–
==See also==
{{Portal|Georgia (country)}}
*[[Cabinet of Georgia]]
==References==
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