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10th Parliament Of Georgia
The Tenth convocation of Parliament of Georgia () was elected in the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election and is currently the current convocation of the Parliament. The tenth convocation consists of 150 deputies. According to the June 29 constitutional amendment project, the 2020 parliamentary election were held with a mixed electoral system (120 proportional, 30 majoritarian) and a 1% threshold. The bill implies the so-called 40% locking mechanism as well. In particular, a party that would receive less than 40.54% support in the 2020 parliamentary elections under the proportional system would not be able to form the government independently.. 9 political parties crossed the threshold established by the electoral legislation. Georgian Dream received 60 proportional and 30 (all) majoritarian mandates and won the parliamentary majority. The opposition parties declared the elections rigged and refused to enter the parliament. They demand to hold new elections. Parliamentary facti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Parliament Building (Tbilisi)
The Parliament of Georgia Building ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტის შენობა, tr) is the meeting place of the Parliament of Georgia, located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. It is located in 8 Rustaveli Avenue, close to the foothills of Mount Mtatsminda. The building complex was constructed as the House of Government of Georgian SSR on the site of the demolished 19th-century Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and adjacent churchyard, with burials of the Georgian cadets killed during the Bolshevik invasion of 1921. It consists of two buildings; the "upper" building was designed by Viktor Kokorin and Giorgi Lezhava and built from 1933 to 1938. The "lower" building, along Rustaveli Avenue, was constructed by the same architects with an input from Vladimer Nasaridze from 1946 to 1953. The two buildings are connected with a courtyard, with staircases and fountains. The design of both buildings heavily uses elements of traditional Georgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archil Talakvadze
Archil Talakvadze ( ka, არჩილ თალაკვაძე; born 16 January 1983) is a Georgian politician, who is Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia since 25 June 2019. He was the leader of the Georgian Dream parliamentary majority from 2016 to 2019. Early life He studied at the first school of Ozurgeti. In 2006 he graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University, specializing in public health and management, after then he continued studying at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. In 2015 he passed exam of the London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ... with the Executive Management Program. Career Talakvadze, at various times occupied the following positions: 2006 – 2007 he was the USAID- Project Coordinator; 2007 – 2008 Proj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progress And Freedom
Progress and Freedom ( ka, პროგრესი და თავისუფლება, ''P’rogresi da Tavisupleba'') is a political party in Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the .... The party was founded by Kakha Okriashvili and Tsesar Chocheli In 2020. In September 2020, the party joined the coalition Strength is in Unity. The coalition nominated both party founders as majoritarian candidates during the 2020 parliamentary election. Kakha Okriashvili received 23,666 votes (39.55%) in the #14 majoritarian constituency and took second place. Caesar Chocheli was nominated in the #11 majoritarian constituency, where he received 17,134 votes (33.78%) and passed to the second round, but refused to participate; nevertheless his last name was on the ballot pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nika Machutadze
Nika Machutadze (Georgian: ნიკა მაჭუტაძე; born on 18 April 1992) is a Georgian politician, member of Parliament since 2020 and chairman of the State for the People political party in 2016–2020. Biography Early life and career Nika Machutadze was born on 18 April 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated in 2017 from the Ilia State University with a degree in political science and international relations. Throughout his studies, he worked as a staffer at the Board of Trustees and the Monitoring Oversight Board of the Georgian Public Broadcaster. He is a self-described historian. Chairman of State for the People Nika Machutadze was elected as chairman of State for the People, an opposition political party, on 14 December 2016 during a party congress that saw the resignation of party founder Paata Burchuladze. The latter had created the party as an alternative to both Georgian Dream and the United National Movement ahead of the 2016 parliamentary ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State For The People
State for the People ( ka, სახელმწიფო ხალხისთვის) is a political party founded by Georgian operatic bass Paata Burchuladze in 2016. After Paata Burchuladze left Georgia, Nika Machutadze became chairman. State for the People Coalition The State for the People Coalition was created on 18 August 2016. It took part in 2016 parliamentary elections, coming sixth with 3.45 percent of the vote. Constituent parties *Paata Burchuladze — State For the People *New Rights *Giorgi Vashadze – New Georgia Former Members *New Political Center — Girchi The New Political Center — Girchi ( ka, ახალი პოლიტიკური ცენტრი — გირჩი ''akhali p’olit’ik’uri tsent’ri — girchi'', ) is a liberal and libertarian political party in Georgia. It e ... Electoral performance Parliamentary election Local election External linksOfficial Facebook page 2016 establishments in Georgia (country) Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigol Vashadze
Grigol Vashadze ( ka, გრიგოლ ვაშაძე, also transliterated as Gregory Vashadze) (born July 19, 1958) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, diplomat and a former member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of the Minister for Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport (2008) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2008–2012). Early career Born in Tbilisi, Vashadze graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1981 and worked for the Soviet Union, Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, simultaneously doing his postgraduate training in international law at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Soviet Diplomatic Academy. At one time, he was a member of Soviet diplomatic team at the START I talks with the United States. He worked in Department of International Organizations and Department of Cosmos and Nuclear Weapons of Ministry of Foreign Affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United National Movement (Georgia)
United National Movement ( ka, ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, ''Ertiani Natsionaluri Modzraoba'', ENM) is a Liberalism, liberal and Atlanticism, pro-western political party in Georgia (country), Georgia founded by Mikheil Saakashvili which rose to power following the Rose Revolution. Since 2012 Georgian parliamentary election, the 2012 parliamentary election, it is the main opposition party. History United National Movement was founded in October 2001 by Mikheil Saakashvili, who has recently resigned from the government of Eduard Shevardnadze and left the ruling Union of Citizens of Georgia, Union of Citizens party, accusing it of corruption and state capture. The party was intended to provide a focus for the Georgian reformist politicians supporting reforms to strengthen institutions of liberal democracy and further integration of Georgia into European Union, EU and NATO. Having achieved significant success in 2002 Georgian local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.Ukraine Offers Saakashvili Post Of Deputy Prime Minister (22 April 2020). 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 |
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Bidzina Ivanishvili ( ka, ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili ; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from October 2012 to November 2013. Having amassed his fortune in Russia during the Privatization in Russia, privatization era, Ivanishvili returned to Georgia in 2003. He entered the politics in 2012, when he founded the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party. Ivanishvili became the leader of the coalition of opposition parties, and won a victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election against the United National Movement (Georgia), United National Movement party of incumbent Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili and President of Georgia, President Mikheil Saakashvili. In late 2012, Ivanishvili took office as Prime Minister. In 2013, however, Ivanishvili resigned, claiming to have left politics. In 2018, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irakli Kobakhidze
Irakli Kobakhidze ( ka, ირაკლი კობახიძე; born 25 September 1978) is a Georgian politician, serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 to 2019 and serving as Member of Parliament since 2016. He was the Executive Secretary and Political Council Member of the ruling party “Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia”, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Professor at the Tbilisi State University, former Chairman of the State Constitutional Commission and the author of the present Constitution of Georgia. Biography Kobakhidze graduated from the Law Faculty of the Tbilisi State University in 2000. Later, in 2002-2006, he advanced his legal education at the University of Dusseldorf, Germany, where he was awarded the LLM and PhD degrees. Since 2006, Irakli Kobakhidze has worked with international organizations and academic institutions. For several years, he held expert and managerial positions at the United Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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