Politics in Georgia involve a parliamentary representative democratic republic with a multi-party system. The President of Georgia is the ceremonial head of state and the Prime Minister of Georgia is the head of government. The Prime Minister and the Government wield executive power. Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the unicameral Parliament of Georgia.
Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. From May 2015 until November 2016,Saakashvili was the governor of Ukraine's Odesa Oblast. He is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement party. Saakashvili heads the executive committee of Ukraine's National Reform Council since 7 May 2020. In 2021 he began serving a six-year prison sentence in Georgia on charges of abuse of power and organization of an assault occasioning grievous bodily harm against an opposition lawmaker Valery Gelashvili.
Since their independence from the Soviet Union,Georgia and Ukraine have forged close political and cultural relations. The diplomatic relations between the two nations are realized at the level of embassies and consulates. Due to the prosecution in Georgia of Georgian/Ukrainian politician Mikheil Saakashvili and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,relations between the two countries have soured significantly.
Salome Zourabichvili is a Franco-Georgian politician and former diplomat,currently serving as the fifth president of Georgia,in office since December 2018. She is the first woman to be elected as Georgia's president,a position she will occupy for a term of six years. As a result of constitutional changes coming into effect in 2024,Zourabichvili is expected to be Georgia's last popularly elected president;future heads of state are to be elected indirectly by a parliamentary college of electors.
Georgian Dream –Democratic Georgia is a political party in Georgia. The party was established on 19 April 2012 by billionaire businessman and oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili. It has been the ruling party in Georgia since 2012,when it won the general election,leading a coalition of six parties.
Irakli Garibashvili is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who served as the prime minister of Georgia between 22 February 2021 and 29 January 2024. He had previously served as prime minister from 20 November 2013 until his resignation on 30 December 2015. Garibashvili is a member of the Georgian Dream party and has served as the party's chairman since 1 February 2024. He entered politics with his long-time associate Bidzina Ivanishvili,in October 2012.
Irakli Kobakhidze is a Georgian constitutional scholar and politician who is serving as the 16th Prime Minister of Georgia since February 2024.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 31 October and 21 November 2020 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream party led by Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia won re-election for a third term in office,making it the first party in Georgian history to do so. The elections also saw a record number of opposition parties elected to parliament.
The 2017 Georgian local elections were held on 21 October 2017 to elect the bodies of local government of Georgia:2,058 members of representative councils (sakrebulo) and 64 mayors of municipalities. The votes went into second-round runoffs in six municipalities on 12 November 2017. The ruling Georgian Dream party won in all constituencies under the proportional contest and secured 62 out of 64 mayoral positions.
Mamuka Khazaradze is a Georgian politician and entreprenuer. He is the Chairman of Lelo for Georgia,a centrist political party,full member of the ALDE Party in the European Union. Khazaradze co-founded the largest Georgian universal bank,JSC TBC Bank in 1992. He entered politics in 2019,becoming a Member of the Parliament of Georgia in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
The 2019 protests in Georgia,also known as Gavrilov's Night,refers to a series of anti-government and snap election-demanding protests in the country of Georgia.
Tamar (Tako) Charkviani is a Georgian politician,a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2020,and the founder of the political party Law and Justice.
Levan Ioselaini is a Georgian political figure currently serving as the Public Defender of Georgia. Ioseliani was elected to Parliament by party list,bloc:"Aleko Elisashvili –Citizens" and served as the Deputy Speaker from 2021 to 2023.
Citizens is a political party in Georgia,which was founded on August 4,2020. The party ran for the first time in the 2020 parliamentary elections. The leader of the party is former Tbilisi mayoral candidate Aleko Elisashvili.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Georgia on 26 October 2024.
Kakhaber "Kakha" Okriashvili is a Georgian doctor,businessman,and politician,founder of the PSP pharmacy network and a member of Parliament since 2004.
Events in the year 2023 in Georgia.
In 2023 and 2024,a series of street demonstrations took place throughout Georgia largely in opposition to the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence",which would require non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to register as foreign agents or "organizations carrying the interests of a foreign power" and disclose the sources of their income if the funds they receive from abroad amount to more than 20% of their total revenue.
Mamuka Mdinaradze is a Georgian politician and jurist.
Events in the year 2024 in Georgia.
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