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Date: 20 October 2026
The awarding ceremony for the employees of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) was held at the Presidential Palace on October 20. The President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, presented Medals of Honor to Mr. Paata Shavishvili and Mr. Irakli Apkhaidze, Deputy Executive Directors of Geostat; Mr. Alexandre Arabuli, Head of the Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department; Mr.Alexandre Ambokadze, Head of the Information Technology Department; and Ms.Mariam Kavelashvili, Head of the International and Public Relations Department.
The employees were awarded the Medal of Honor for their special contribution and dedicated work in the successful implementation of the 2024 Population and Agricultural Census.
During the awarding ceremony, the President of Georgia addressed the attendees and spoke about the crucial role of the National Statistics Office in the country's development and state decision-making process.
"The strength of a state begins where it has an accurate, objective, and in-depth perception of its own reality. In the modern information era, the right course of a country's development is primarily based on impartial, processed, and accurate data," stated Mikheil Kavelashvili.
Mr. Gogita Todradze, Executive Director of Geostat, thanked the President of Georgia for valuing the team's professional efforts and acknowledging their contribution."
The 2024 Population and Agricultural Census was conducted across Georgia from November 14 to December 31, 2024, covering the whole territory of the country, with the exception of occupied territories.
For the first time in Georgian history data collection within the framework of the census was carried out entirely electronically. The methods used included Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI) and Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), as well as modern geoinformation technologies.
Geostat employees made a significant contribution to the successful implementation of the Population Census.
