Internal Audit Department

The main task of the department is to support the State Audit Office to conduct its activities legally, transparently, economically, effectively and productively.

The department is functionally independent and is accountable to the Auditor General.

The department carries out its tasks through the following divisions:

Internal Audit Division - Performs assurance and consulting activities aimed at improving the effectiveness of management, risk management and control systems / processes; as part of internal audit, the division conducts systematic, compliance, performance, financial and information technology (IT) audits.

Organizational Risk Analysis Division - Detects and studies facts of misconduct or other illegal activities and takes measures to prevent them.

Zaza Gelashvili

Head of Department

Zaza Gelashvili started working in the State Audit Office in 2013.

He has been in charge of the Internal Audit Department since February 2018. In 2015-2018, he held the position of Deputy Chief of the same Department, and in 2013-2015, he served as Chief Advisor to Auditor General.

Prior to joining the State Audit Office, in 2008-2012, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia - majoritarian MP in Kvareli district. He served as the first deputy chairperson of the Defense and Security Committee in the legislative body.

Prior to his election as an MP, he served in various law enforcement agencies for almost 10 years.

In 2007-2008, he was chairperson of the MIA Security Police Department. From 2005-2007, he headed various divisions in the Counterintelligence Department. In 2004-2005, he served as the head of the Regional Division of the Ministry of Security.

In 2002-2004, he was the head of the Rapid Response Division of the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice. In 1999-2002, he served in the Ministry of Defense of Georgia and led various military units.

He studied at Telavi Iakob Gogebashvili State University. He holds a bachelor's degree in law.

He speaks English and Russian besides native Georgian.