He graduated from Georgian Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Heat and Energy Engineering (High Temperature Physics) in 1971.
Co Ltd, merging it with Kavkasioni Co Ltd in 1991, which was then restructured and incorporated into Coca Cola Bottlers, Georgia.
On 8 December 1995 he was appointed Prime Minister of Georgia by President Eduard Shevardnadze.
[3] As a result of criticism by the government over economic policies and the issue of Abkhazia, Lekishvili resigned from his post on 26 July 1998.
[4] Lekishvili was then re-elected to the parliament and was a member of Regional Politics and Local Government Committee.