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Vladimer Gogichaishvili (Georgian: ვლადიმერ გოგიჩაიშვილი) is a Meskhetian, and former. He currently serves as the Chancellor of Meskheti, and the leader of the Meskheti Democratic Party, the largest party within both State Assemblies of Meskheti.

Born in Sazlak (the capital of the Tbeketheobis region) in 1946, Gogichaishvili graduated law school at the age of 18 before joining the ruling party of the People's Democratic Republic of Meskheti, the Socialist Workers Party in 1964. Gogichaishvili became a lawyer for the party, but defected in 1989 when popular revolution against the communist regime swept through Meskheti, joining the Meskheti Democratic Party, which oversaw the first free elections in Meskheti in April later that year. Gogichaishvili was elected as the governor of the Tbeketheobis district that year.

In 1997 following a landslide victory for the Democratic Party Gogichaishvili was appointed as the foreign minister of Meskheti. The Democrats subsequent loss in the 2001 elections saw Gogichaishvili rise within the ranks of the MDP. Following the Socialist Party's victory in the 2005 elections Gogichaishvili was voted to be the leader of the MDP in the 2007. Gogichaishvili successfully led the MDP to victory in the 2009 and 2014 general elections, becoming Chancellor of Meskheti.

Gogichaishvili's premiership has seen Meskheti's slow recovery of the, with badly affected the Meskhetian economy. Gogichaishvili has also overseen Meskheti's ascension to the in 2014 where it adopted the  as the national currency replacing the Meskhetian Lari that had been use since 1882. Gogichaishvili has been accused of and  tendencies in his rule, but has received high approval ratings in Meskheti.