Irakli Alasania is a Georgian politician,soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014. He was Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations from September 11,2006,until December 4,2008. His previous assignments include Chairman of the Government of Abkhazia(-in-exile) and the President of Georgia's aide in the Georgian-Abkhaz talks. Soon after his resignation,Alasania withdrew into opposition to the Mikheil Saakashvili administration,setting up the Our Georgia –Free Democrats party in July 2009. In 2012 Alasania was appointed Minister of Defense,a position he held until 2014.
Bidzina Ivanishvili is a Georgian politician and oligarch,who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from October 2012 to November 2013.
Free Democrats,previously known as Our Georgia –Free Democrats is a liberal and pro-Western political party in Georgia. It was founded by Irakli Alasania,Georgia's former envoy to the United Nations,on 16 July 2009. Tamar Kekenadze serves as the party's current chairman.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 1 October 2012. The opposition Georgian Dream coalition of billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili won a majority of the seats. President Mikheil Saakashvili conceded his party's defeat.
Georgian Dream –Democratic Georgia (GD),also colloquially known as the Kotsebi,is a populist political party in Georgia. It is currently the ruling party in Georgia. Irakli Garibashvili serves as the party chairman,while the former chairman Irakli Kobakhidze has served as the prime minister since February 2024. Bidzina Ivanishvili,widely considered the de facto leading person of the party,serves as its honorary chairman.
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.
Giorgi Margvelashvili is a Georgian academic and politician who was the fourth president of Georgia,in office from 17 November 2013 to 16 December 2018.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili is a Georgian politician who was Prime Minister of Georgia from 30 December 2015 to 13 June 2018. Prior to that he was Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development from 25 October 2012 until 1 September 2015,Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1 September 2015 until 30 December 2015,and Deputy Prime Minister from 26 July 2013 until 30 December 2015. Kvirikashvili has led initiatives to advance Euro-Atlantic and European integration and highlight Georgia as an attractive location for foreign investment.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 8 October 2016 to elect the 150 members of Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream coalition,led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili,sought a second term in office. Opposition parties included the former ruling party and main opposition,the United National Movement (UNM);the Free Democrats,formerly a member of the Georgian Dream coalition and led by Irakli Alasania;and the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia.
Irakli Kobakhidze is a Georgian 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 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.
Lelo for Georgia is a liberal political party in Georgia. It was established in 2019 by two businessmen Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze. Soon after its founding,it attracted a number of prominent political figures and political parties with Development Movement and the New Rights Party merging to form a single political entity.
The 2020–2021 Georgian political crisis was a political crisis in Georgia that resulted from allegations by opposition parties that the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election was rigged. The opposition accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of election fraud and did not recognize the results. They announced protests and parliamentary boycott. The opposition held a rally on November 1,a day after the elections,and called for snap parliamentary elections. On November 2,the eight opposition parties refused to enter parliament. In February 2021,Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia resigned over plans to arrest opposition leader Nika Melia,which occurred on 23 February.
The second government of Irakli Garibashvili was the government of Georgia,led by Irakli Garibashvili as the Prime Minister from February 22,2021 until January 29,2024. Following the resignation of Giorgi Gakharia,the ruling Georgian Dream party nominated former Prime Minister and then-Minister of Defence Irakli Garibashvili to form a government. His cabinet was quickly confirmed by the Parliament four days later. The government was dissolved after Prime Minister Garibashvili's resignation on January 29,2024. Garibashvili cited the rotation process as the main reason for his resignation,implying that other people in the ruling party should also be given a chance to lead. Garibashvili took up the offer to become the Chairman of the Georgian Dream party.
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 26 October 2024. The elections were held under the rules passed in 2017 through the constitutional amendments which shifted the electoral system towards a fully proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party sought to win its fourth term in office. Its founder,Bidzina Ivanishvili—an influential oligarch and former prime minister often regarded as the country's éminence grise following his official departure from politics in 2021—returned to politics several months before the polls to lead GD in the elections.
The Minister of Defence of Georgia is the head of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia,the governmental body of Georgia in charge of the Defense Forces of Georgia and regulating activities in defence of the country from external threats,preserving territorial integrity and waging wars on behalf of Georgia.
Irakli Khakhubia was a Georgian engineer and politician of the Georgian Dream party.
Events in the year 2024 in Georgia.
Georgian Dream was a catch-all political alliance in Georgia formed around Georgian Dream –Democratic Georgia party in opposition to the then-ruling United National Movement (UNM) party. The coalition was formed in 2012 with it winning the parliamentary election held in the same year. The alliance was dissolved in 2016 after which GD –DG went on to win 2016 and 2020 parliamentary elections independently.
