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2024–2025 Georgian Political Crisis
Georgia (country), Georgia is currently undergoing a political crisis due to the disputed legitimacy of the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, October 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, which was conducted with significant Electoral fraud, irregularities and described by observers as "fundamentally flawed". The crisis continued with the unconstitutional self-convening of Parliament of Georgia, Parliament and escalated with the decision of the ruling party to suspend preparations for accession of Georgia to the European Union, EU accession negotiations, which was seen as contradicting Article 78 of the Constitution of Georgia (country), Georgian Constitution. The crisis entered another phase with the 2024 Georgian presidential election, election of a new president by the Georgian Electoral Assembly and its 29 December 2024 inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili. Salome Zourabichvili stated on 29 December and during the following weeks that she remained the president of Georgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome Zourabichvili
Salomé Nino Zourabichvili (born 18March 1952) is a French-born Georgian politician, former diplomat, and the fifth president of Georgia – the first female to be elected as president in the country's history. As a result of the constitutional amendments that came into effect in 2024, Zourabichvili became the last popularly elected president; under the new constitutional rules, moving forward Georgian presidents are to be elected indirectly by the Georgian Electoral Assembly. Zourabichvili was born in Paris, France, into a family of Georgian political refugees. She joined the French diplomatic service in the 1970s and over three decades went on to occupy a variety of increasingly senior diplomatic positions. From 2003 to 2004, she served as the Ambassador of France to Georgia. In 2004, by mutual agreement between the presidents of France and Georgia, she accepted Georgian nationality and became the Foreign Minister of Georgia. During her tenure at the Georgian Ministry of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
