Individuals and events related to

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 ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

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 ...

(until 22 February),

Irakli Garibashvili Irakli Garibashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982) is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who serves as the prime minister of Georgia since 22 ...

(since 22 February) * 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

Aslan Bzhania Aslan Georgievich Bzhania ( ab, Аслан Гьаргь-иҧа Бжьаниа, ka, ასლან გიორგის-ძე ბჟანია, russian: Аслан Георгиевич Бжания; born 6 April 1963) has been President of A ...

(since 2020) *

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 ...

(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) *

Gennady Bekoyev Gennady Borisovich Bekoyev (russian: Геннадий Борисович Бекоев; born 26 August 1981) is a South Ossetian politician who served as prime minister of South Ossetia from 2020 to 2022. He is an independent. Political career ...

(since 2020) * Chairman of Parliament:

Alan Tadtaev Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Al ...

(since 2019)

Establishments

Disestablishments

Events

Ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country) The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Georgia when its first case was confirmed in Tbilisi on 26 February 2020. Timeline All flights from China and Wuhan to Tbilisi International Airport were cancelled until 27 January. The ...

January

* January 11 –

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 ...

announces he quits politics. * January 21 – The

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that a ...

rules that

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violated several human rights in the 2008 war with Georgia. *

February

* February 17 - The

Tbilisi City Court Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

sends

Nika Melia Nika may refer to: Surname * Ansi Nika (born 1990), Albanian footballer * Lelo Nika (born 1969), Serbian and Romanian Romani accordionist * Rakitina Nika, pen name of science fiction and fantasy writer Ludmila Bogdanova (born 1963) Other uses * ' ...

, the chairman of the opposition United National Movement party, to

pre-trial detention Remand, also known as pre-trial detention, preventive detention, or provisional detention, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence. A person who is on remand is held i ...

after he refused to post bail, being charged with organizing, managing or participating in group violence during the

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. * February 18 - Prime Minister

resigns, citing disagreement with his party colleagues over enforcing an arrest order for Nika Melia. According to Gakharia, the detention amid the

political crisis Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

of the opposition leader threatens further destabilization of the country. * February 22 - Parliament approves

Irakli Gharibashvili Irakli Garibashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ღარიბაშვილი, also transliterated as Gharibashvili; born 28 June 1982) is a Georgian politician and a former business executive who serves as the prime minister of Georgia since 22 ...

as the new Prime Minister. * February 23 - Police storms the UNM office, where the opposition leaders and supporters have been gathered following the Court's order, and detains Nika Melia.

March

April

* April 19 - Several opposition parties and

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

sign an agreement, brokered by

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

President

Charles Michel Charles Michel (; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician serving as the president of the European Council since 2019. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. Michel became the minister of Developm ...

, ending a months-long political deadlock stemming from the

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 ...

. * April 21 - President

Salome Zurabishvili Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, an ...

announced that she would pardon Giorgi Rurua, cofounder of

Mtavari Arkhi Mtavari Arkhi ( ka, მთავარი არხი, literally “Main Channel”) is a private TV company in Georgia. Established on August 17, 2019, it began airing on September 9, 2019. The General Director of the channel is Nika Gvaramia ...

, on April 27, 2021.

May

June

July

* July 5 - Many thousands gather to oppose and obstruct the

LGBTQ pride parade A pride parade (also known as pride march, pride event, or pride festival) is an outdoor event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture, queer (LGBTQ) social and self-acceptance, achievements, LGBT rights by country o ...

. The clashes break out between the media representatives reporting the events live and protesters resulting in 53 journalists being injured. The organizers ultimately cancel the event. * July 28 - The Georgian Dream quits the agreement signed in April with the opposition, citing refusal of the "radical opposition" headed by the United National Movement to join the deal.

August

September

October

* October 1 - Former President

Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.

, convicted in absentia on abuse of office charges in 2018 and sentenced to six years in prison, returns to Georgia after an eight-year exile. The

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initially claims that Saakashvili had not crossed the country's border but later Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili announces in a press briefing that Saakashvili has been arrested. * October 2 -

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. The

party scores up to 47% in the first-round proportional vote, with mayoral races in 20 cities and towns going into runoff. * October 2 - The

Public Defender A public defender is a lawyer appointed to represent people who otherwise cannot reasonably afford to hire a lawyer to defend themselves in a trial. Several countries provide people with public defenders, including the UK, Hungary and Singapore, ...

Nino Lomjaria Nino Lomjaria ( ka, ნინო ლომჯარია; born 15 February 1984) is a Georgian lawyer and the Public Defender of Georgia from 30 November 2017 to 8 December 2022. Biography Nino Lomjaria was born in the town of Ozurgeti in then- ...

visits Saakashvili in prison and announces that Saakashvili considers himself a political prisoner and begins a hunger strike. * October 14 - Many ten thousands gather in Freedom Square in the center of

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 ...

demanding the release of Saakashvili. * October 30 - In tense runoff the ruling party wins 19 out of 20 mayoral races.

November

* November 23 - Saakashvili ends hunger strike as a compromise with authorities to be transferred to

Gori Military Hospital LEPL Giorgi Abramishvili Military Hospital of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia ( ka, გიორგი აბრამიშვილის სახელობის საქართველოს თავდაცვის სამი ...

for medical treatment.

December

* December 30 - Parliament votes to abolish the State Inspector's Service. Instead, separate agencies will be established to probe abuse of power by law enforcement and for personal data protection, the two functions that were previously joined under the State Inspector.

Incumbents

National

Autonomous republics

Adjara

Abkhazia

Disputed territories

Abkhazia

South Ossetia

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