Khatuna Kalmakhelidze (Georgian: ხათუნა კალმახელიძე; born February 11, 1979) is a Georgian politician who served as the Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance from December 2009 to September 2012.

She graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science cum laude and minored in Economics.

In 2006, she worked at Political Finance Research Unit of International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES).

[3][4] After taking office, Kalmakhelidze instituted reforms in the penitentiary system of the country, bringing 80% of the state prisons in line with European standards.

[5] Kalmakhelidze filed resignation on September 19, 2012, amid a public outrage after a video footage of inmates being beaten and sodomized in a Tbilisi prison emerged a day earlier.