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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

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 ...

Incumbents

National

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Salome Zourabichvili Salome Zourabichvili ( ka, სალომე ზურაბიშვილი, ; born 18 March 1952) is a Franco-Georgian political figure and former diplomat who currently serves as the fifth President of Georgia, in office since December 2018 ...

(since 2018) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Giorgi Gakharia Giorgi Zauris dze Gakharia ( ka, გიორგი ზაურის ძე გახარია; born 19 March 1975) is a Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 F ...

(since 2019) * Chairperson of Parliament:

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 f ...

(since 2019)

Autonomous republics

Adjara

*Chairman of the Government:

Tornike Rizhvadze Tornike Rijvadze ( ka, თორნიკე რიჟვაძე; transliterated as Rijvadze; born 25 March 1989) is a Georgian politician and a former business executive. On 21 July 2018, he was elected and serves as Chairman of the Government ...

(since 2018) *Chairman of the Supreme Council:

Davit Gabaidze Davit Gabaidze ( ka, დავით გაბაიძე; born 10 August 1980) is a Georgian politician who was elected as the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Adjara on 28 November 2016. Since 2015 he has been a regio ...

(since 2016)

Abkhazia

* Chairman of Government (-in-exile):

Ruslan Abashidze Ruslan Abashidze ( ka, რუსლან აბაშიძე; born 29 October 1971) is a Georgian diplomat and politician. On May 1 2019, he was elected the head of government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, which sits in exile in the G ...

(since 2019) *Chairman of the Supreme Council (-in-exile):

Jemal Gamakharia Jemal Gamakharia ( ka, ჯემალ გამახარია; born 10 January 1949) is a Georgian politician. Being a native of Georgia's autonomous republic of Abkhazia and a member of the local legislature since 1991, Gvazava was forced, a ...

(since 2019)

Disputed territories

Abkhazia

Raul Khadjimba Raul Jumkovich Khajimba ( ab, Рауль Џьумка-иҧа Ҳаџьымба, ka, რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served as President of Abkhazia from 25 September ...

(until 13 January),

Valeri Bganba Valeri Ramshukhovich Bganba (russian: Валерий Рамшухович Бганба; born 26 August 1953) is an Abkhazian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Abkhazia from 18 September 2018 to 23 April 2020 and as the acting Preside ...

(acting, from 13 January) *

(since 2018) * Chairman of People's Assembly:

Valeri Kvarchia The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...

(since 2017)

South Ossetia

Anatoly Bibilov Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov ( os, Бибылты Ильяйы фырт Анатолий, Bibylty Iljajy fyrt Anatolij; , russian: Анато́лий Ильи́ч Биби́лов; born 6 February 1970) is a Russian and South Ossetian military offic ...

(since 2017) *

Erik Pukhayev Erik Georgiyevich Pukhayev (Russian Эрик Георгиевич Пухаев; born 5 May 1957) was the Prime Minister of South Ossetia The Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, officially known as the Chairman of the Government ( ...

(since 2017) * Chairman of Parliament: Pyotr Gasiev (since 2017)

Events

January

* 7 January – A high-ranking police official pleads guilty to beating and killing a 24-year-old man on 2 January in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

, one of a series of recent major incidents of police excesses in Georgia. * 9 January – The government of Georgia terminates its contract with the Anaklia Development Consortium on the construction of a deep sea port at

Anaklia Anaklia () is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea, near the border with Abkhazia. History The earliest settlement on A ...

on account of the consortium's failure to provide adequate financial guarantees and to find "a real" investor. The consortium's leadership says they will take the case to an international court, while the opposition and government critics allege the ruling

Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ( ka, ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, ''Kartuli ocneba – Demok’rat’iuli Sakartvelo'') is a social democratic political ...

party's leader

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 serv ...

's personal interest in suppressing the project. * 13 January –

Raul Khajimba Raul Jumkovich Khajimba ( ab, Рауль Џьумка-иҧа Ҳаџьымба, ka, რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served as President of Abkhazia from 25 September ...

, de facto president of breakaway Abkhazia, resigns after the opposition supporters storm the government office on 9 January and a supreme court annuls the results of the September 2019 presidential election runoff on 10 January 2020.

Scheduled events

* 22 March –

2020 Abkhazian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Abkhazia on 22 March 2020 following the decision of the Supreme Court to annul the results of the 2019 election on 10 January, and the subsequent resignation of President Raul Khajimba due to p ...

. * 14 – 15 May – As the rotating presidency of the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

, Georgia will host the 130th meeting of the

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ( French: ''Comité des ministres du Conseil de l'Europe'') or Committee of Ministers ( French: ''Comité des ministres'') is the Council of Europe's decision-making body. It comprises the Forei ...

. Whether the

Russian Foreign Minister The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is a high-ranking Russian government official who heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The foreign minister is one of the five so-called 'presidential' minist ...

Sergey Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, ; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat and politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004. ...

will be allowed in the country within the framework of the upcoming ministerial is unclear. * 31 October –

2020 Georgian parliamentary election 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 th ...

Deaths

* 5 January –

Anri Jergenia Anri Mikhail-ipa Jergenia ( ab, Анри Михаил-иҧа Џьергьениа; 8 August 1941 – 5 January 2020) had been one of the leading politicians of the internationally unrecognised Abkhazia, Republic of Abkhazia since it achieved de ...

, former head of the Abkhaz separatist government (b. 1941). * 21 January –

Tengiz Sigua Tengiz Sigua (9 November 1934 – 21 January 2020) was a Georgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from 1992 to 1993. Sigua was an engineer by profession and entered politics on the eve of the Soviet Union's collapse. In 1 ...

, former

(b. 1934).

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