The Auditor General leads the State Audit Office; chairs sessions of the Presidium of the State Audit Office; presents reports to the Parliament of Georgia on the execution of the state budget, as well as annual reports on the activities of the State Audit Office; appoints and dismisses officials of the State Audit Office; develops uniform audit practices; exercises other powers granted by law.
The Auditor General is elected by the Parliament of Georgia for a term of five years.
Tsotne Kavlashvili has been appointed as the Auditor General since 21 September 2022.
He has extensive experience of working within the public financial sector. Before being elected as the position of the Auditor General, he was the Deputy Minister of Finance and the Head of the State Treasury. His professional career started in 2006 at the Ministry of Finance, having served as the Head of the Fiscal Forecasting Department, the Deputy Head of the Budget Department, a specialist at the Budget Department Budgetary Policy Division and Common Budget Formation Division and Budget Division of Territorial Units. He has also worked as an expert assistant at the "Georgian Railway Restructuring Support Project".
Mr Kavlashvili has graduated with a degree in Economics (2004) and holds Master's degree In Economics and business (2006) from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
He speaks English and Russian.
აღნიშნული ვებ გვერდი მომზადებულია „საქართველოს სახელმწიფო აუდიტის სამსახურის“ მიერ აშშ-ის საერთაშორისო სააგენტოს (USAID) დემოკრატიული მმართველობის ინიციატივის (GGI) მხარდაჭერით. მასში გამოთქმული მოსაზრებები არ გამოხატავს USAID-ის, GGI-ის ან ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების მთავრობის შეხედულებებს.
