Gabashvili held a seat in this new legislature for only two months as he was moved to the post of Ministry of Education in December 1992.
Georgia's Head of State Eduard Shevardnadze made him Mayor of Tbilisi from February to October 1993.
After the November 2003 Rose Revolution, which toppled Eduard Shevardnadze and brought the young reformer Mikheil Saakashvili to power, Gabashvili resumed his political career in Georgia.
Closely allied with Saakashvili, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia on a United National Movement ticket in 2004.
In August 2008, he was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Italy, Malta, and San Marino.