Incompatibility as a restriction on the right to stand for election refers to the requirement of holders of certain public or private functions not to stand for parliamentary elections or at elections for representative bodies at other levels of government.
Parliamentary elections
The following officials shall resign and shall be dismissed from their positions not later than the second day after filing an application to the Central Election Commission for registration as a candidate for MP of Georgia:
- the President of Georgia;
- ministers of Georgia (except for the Prime Minister of Georgia), as well as ministers of the Autonomous Republics, heads of government and state departmental agencies and their deputies;
- members of the Council of the National Bank of Georgia;
- the Auditor General and his/her deputies;
- state representatives and their deputies;
- chairpersons of the municipality Sakrebulos, mayors;
- officers of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Defence of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia, the Georgian Intelligence Service, and the Special State Protection Service of Georgia;
- judges;
- the Public Defender of Georgia and his/her deputy;
- advisors to President of Georgia; members of the High Council of Justice of Georgia;
- the head of the Public Service Bureau and his/her deputies;
- prosecutors, their deputies, assistants, and investigators; members of the GNCC and the GNEWSRC; the head of the Office of the National Security Council and his/her deputy.
Local government elections
The term of office of the following officials shall be terminated after being nominated as candidates for members of a municipality representative body Sakrebulo, or as Mayoral candidates of a self-governing city/community: the President of Georgia; Ministers of Georgia and of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Ajara, heads of state and government subordinate agencies and their deputies; a member of the Council of the National Bank of Georgia; the Auditor General and his/her deputy; the head of staff of the Parliament of Georgia; a state representative and his/her deputy; officers of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Defence of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia, the Georgian Intelligence Service, and the Special State Protection Service of Georgia; a judge; the Public Defender of Georgia and his/her deputy; a member of the advisory body of the President of Georgia (who is not an MP); an assistant to the President of Georgia; members of the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNEWSRC) and other national regulatory commissions; the head of the Civil Service Bureau and his/her deputies; a prosecutor, his/her deputy and an assistant, and an investigator; the head of the Office of the National Security Council.
The mentioned officials shall terminate before they are nominated candidates in the respective election commission.