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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia (country), 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 Business oligarch, 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. In its campaign, the Georgian Dream promoted the Global War Party conspiracy theory, promising "safeguarding peace" through a "pragmatic policy" with Russia amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, war in Ukraine. It repeatedly threatened to outlaw most major opposition parties, advocated for adopting the "Georgian LGBT propaganda l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Parliament Of Georgia
The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members elected through fully proportional election. The current convocation of the Georgian Parliament is 11th. All members of the Parliament are elected for four years on the basis of universal suffrage. The Constitution of Georgia grants the Parliament of Georgia a legislative power, which is partially devolved to the legislatures of the autonomous republics of Adjara and Abkhazia. History The idea of limiting royal power and creating a parliamentary-type body of government was conceived among the aristocrats and citizens in the 12th century Kingdom of Georgia, during the reign of Queen Tamar, the first Georgian female monarch. In the view of Queen Tamar's oppositionists and their leader, Qutlu Arslan, the first Georgian Parliament was to be formed of two " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Progress And Freedom
Progress and Freedom ( ka, პროგრესი და თავისუფლება, tr) is a pro-European political party in Georgia founded by Kakha Okriashvili and brothers Tsezar and Lasha Chocheli In 2020. In the 2020 parliamentary election it was a part of Strength is in Unity coalition, electing 3 MPs to the Georgian parliament through the coalition's electoral list. For the 2024 parliamentary election, Progress and Freedom fielded its candidates on Unity – National Movement's list. History Progress and Freedom was founded in August 2020 by Kakha Okriashvili, a founder of PSP pharmacy and an MP elected under United National Movement's party affiliation in 2012 who then switched to Georgian Dream, and brothers Tsezar and Lasha Chocheli, with Tsezar previously serving as an MP from the now Russian-occupied Akhalgori single-mandate constituency and subsequently as governor Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region. In September 2020, the party joined the UNM-led Strength is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and is today generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. Georgia covers an area of . It has a Demographics of Georgia (country), population of 3.7 million, of which over a third live in the capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city, Tbilisi. Ethnic Georgians, who are native to the region, constitute a majority of the country's population and are its titular nation. Georgia has been inhabited since prehistory, hosting the world's earliest known sites of winemaking, gold mining, and textiles. The Classical antiquity, classical era saw the emergence of several kingdoms, such as Colchis and Kingdom of Iberia, Iberia, that formed the nucleus of the modern Georgian state. In the early fourth centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prime Minister Of Georgia
The prime minister of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი, tr) is the head of government and chief executive of Georgia (country), Georgia. In Georgia, the President of Georgia, president is a ceremonial head of state and mainly acts as a figurehead. The executive power is vested in the Government of Georgia (country), government. The prime minister organizes, directs, and controls the functions of the government. They also sign legal acts and appoint and dismiss cabinet ministers. The prime minister represents Georgia in foreign relations and concludes international treaties on behalf of Georgia. They are accountable for the activities of the government before the Parliament of Georgia. The prime minister is nominated by a political party that has secured the best results in the parliamentary election. The nominee must win the confidence vote of the Parliament. The current prime minister is Irakli Kobakhidze, who wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Conservative Party Of Georgia
The Conservative Party of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს კონსერვატიული პარტია, tr, SKP) is a political party, active in Georgia since 2001. Under its acting chairman Zviad Dzidziguri, the party was allied with Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement until May 2004 when it switched into opposition, and with the Republican Party of Georgia formed the Democratic Front faction. They joined other opposition parties in the 2007 anti-government demonstrations and supported a joint opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze in the early 2008 presidential election. From 2012 until 2019, the party was part of Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi, is a Conservatism, conservative and populism, populist List of political parties in Georgia (country), political party in Georgia (country), Georgia, which has ... Alliance. Georgian Dream won 2012 Election agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
For Georgia
Gakharia For Georgia ( ka, გახარია საქართველოსთვის, tr) is a political party in Georgia founded by former Georgian Prime Minister from the Georgian Dream party Giorgi Gakharia. It is currently in opposition with it having 12 MPs in the Georgian parliament. History Foundation Giorgi Gakharia, a Prime Minister from the ruling Georgian Dream party, announced his resignation in February 2021, citing his opposition to the court-ordered arrest of his political rival United National Movement leader Nika Melia on charges of organizing violence in the 2019 protests. He then announced that he no longer agreed with the positions of the Georgian Dream party and his departure. Several MPs from Georgian Dream joined him to form the For Georgia party. The MPs included Giorgi Khojevanishvili, Beka Liluashvili, Ana Buchukuri, Alexander Motserelia, Shalva Kereselidze and Mikheil Daushvili. The party presentation was held on 29 May 2021. For Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Giorgi Gakharia
Giorgi Gakharia ( ka, გიორგი გახარია; born 19 March 1975) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 February 2021. Education During 1992–1994, Gakharia studied at Tbilisi State University faculty of history. During 1994–1999, he studied at Moscow State University. He has a master's degree in political science. In 2002–2004, he studied at Moscow State University's Higher Business School, receiving a master's in business management. In 2006–2009, he was an invited lecturer in Applied Biotechnology at Moscow State University. Business activity From May 2004 to November 2008, Gakharia held the position of the Director-General of SFK Group; from November 2008 to February 2013 he held the position of the Director of Germany GR & Business Development at the LSG Group, Lufthansa Service Holding AG. (LSG, Frankfurt am Main) in Eastern Europe, Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Citizens (Georgia)
Citizens ( ka, მოქალაქეები, tr) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Georgia, which was founded on August 4, 2020. It is led by the runner-up candidate in the 2017 Georgian local elections#2017 Tbilisi mayoral election, 2017 Tbilisi mayoral candidate Aleko Elisashvili. Citizens participated in the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election, 2020 parliamentary election getting 1.33% of the vote and electing 2 MPs. For the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, 2024 parliamentary election it is a part of Strong Georgia coalition. The party is strongly Pro-Europeanism, pro-European. History On December 7, 2018, Aleko Elisashvili, the runner-up candidate in the 2017 Georgian local elections#2017 Tbilisi mayoral election, 2017 Tbilisi mayoral candidate, founded the NGO "Georgian Civil Movement". On 4 August 2020, ahead of the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election, 2020 parliamentary election, Elisashvili turned the organization into a political party and renamed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lelo For Georgia
Lelo burti, Lelo for Georgia ( ka, ლელო საქართველოსთვის, tr, ) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Georgia (country), 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. Lelo participated in the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election, 2020 parliamentary election independently receiving 4 seats in the Parliament of Georgia, Georgian parliament. For the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, 2024 parliamentary election it formed the Strong Georgia coalition with its electoral number being 9. The party's 2024 platform has been placed on the Centre-left politics, centre-left. History Founding and background On 9 July 2019, Mamuka Khazaradze, the CEO of Georgia's largest universal bank, TBC Bank, TBC, announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Strong Georgia
Strong Georgia (SG; Georgian: ძლიერი საქართველო, romanized: ''dzlieri sakartvelo'') is an informal political coalition of pro-European political parties in Georgia. Its platform has generally been placed on the centre to centre-left and the alliance includes liberal as well as social democratic factions. The coalition's constituent members are Mamuka Khazaradze's Lelo for Georgia, Ana Dolidze's For the People, Aleko Elisashvili's Citizens, as well as the political movement Freedom Square led by Levan Tsutskiridze. The alliance also includes other notable politicians such as the former President Giorgi Margvelashvili and former New Rights Party leader David Gamkrelidze. History On July 17, 2024, three opposition groups — Mamuka Khazaradze's Lelo for Georgia, Ana Dolidze's For the People, and the newly launched Freedom Square movement — announced their alliance ahead of the October Parliamentary elections. Khazaradze described t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mamuka Khazaradze
Mamuka Khazaradze ( ka, მამუკა ხაზარაძე; born 29 December 1966) is a Georgian politician and entrepreneur. He is the Chairman of Lelo for Georgia, a centrist political party, full member of the ALDE Party in the European Union. Khazaradze co-founded the largest Georgian universal bank, JSC TBC Bank in 1992. He entered politics in 2019, becoming a Member of the Parliament of Georgia in the 2020 parliamentary elections. On June 23, 2025, he and his fellow Lelo leader Badri Japaridze were jailed for what are widely believed to be politically motivated reasons, after refusing a summons from the Tsulukiani Commission. Early life and education He graduated from Tbilisi Technical University in 1988 and also holds an executive degree from Harvard Business School, where he studied during 1998–2000. In 2014, Khazaradze was awarded EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Georgia – the first such award to a Georgian business. He was awarded the Presidential O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
European Georgia
European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** European Union citizenship ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (other) * The Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
