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Rose Revolution
The Rose Revolution or Revolution of Roses ( ka, ვარდების რევოლუცია, tr) was a nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003. The event was brought about by widespread protests over the disputed parliamentary elections and culminated in the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze, which marked the end of Soviet-era leadership in the country. The revolution derives its name from the climactic moment, when demonstrators led by Mikheil Saakashvili stormed the Parliament session with red roses in hand. The revolution was led by Shevardnadze's former political allies, Mikheil Saakashvili, Nino Burjanadze and Zurab Zhvania. Consisting of twenty days of protests from 3 to 23 November 2003, the Revolution triggered new presidential and parliamentary elections in Georgia, which brought the National Movement– Democrats coalition to the power. The death of Zurab Zhvania in uncertain circumstances and the withdrawal of Nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity (Georgia)
Unity ( ka, Ertoba) was a political party in Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe .... It was led by Jumber Patiashvili, former First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party. History The party was established in September 2001 by Jumber Patiashvili, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union), Georgian Communist Party, who has resigned following the April 9 tragedy. He run in the 1995 Georgian presidential election as an independent and was the main challenger of Eduard Shevardnadze, who won the election. Prior to the 1999 Georgian parliamentary election, Patiashvili joined the Democratic Union for Revival, Revival-led electoral bloc, at the time when its leader Aslan Abashidze was attempting to create a powerful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonviolent Revolution
A nonviolent revolution is a revolution conducted primarily by unarmed civilians using tactics of civil resistance, including various forms of nonviolent resistance, nonviolent protest, to bring about the departure of governments seen as entrenched and authoritarian without the use or threat of violence. While many campaigns of civil resistance are intended for much more limited goals than revolution, generally a nonviolent revolution is characterized by simultaneous advocacy of democracy, human rights, and national independence in the country concerned. An effective campaign of civil resistance, and even the achievement of a nonviolent revolution, may be possible in a particular case despite the government in power taking brutal measures against protesters. The commonly held belief that most revolutions that have happened in Dictatorship, dictatorial regimes were bloody or violent uprisings is not borne out by historical analysis. Nonviolent Revolutions came to the internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Abashidze
Aslan Abashidze ( ka, ასლან აბაშიძე; born 20 July 1938) is the former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia. He served in this capacity from 18 August 1991 to 5 May 2004. He resigned under the pressure of the central Georgian government and mass opposition rallies during the 2004 Adjara crisis, and has since lived in Moscow, Russia. On 22 January 2007, the Batumi city court found him guilty of misuse of office and embezzlement of GEL 98.2 million in state funds, and sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment ''in absentia''. He also faces a charge of murder of his former deputy, Nodar Imnadze, in 1991.Ex-Adjarian Leader Sentenced to Prison in Absentia. Civil Georgia. January 22, 2007. Early life and career Abashidze was born into a r ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurab Zhvania
Zurab Zhvania ( ka, ზურაბ ჟვანია; 9 December 1963 – 3 February 2005) was a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia. Zhvania began his political career at a young age as a member of Green Party in the early 90s. In 1993, Zhvania was elected General Secretary of Eduard Shevardnadze's political party. From that point on until his death in 2006, Zhvania played an important role in Georgian politics. In 1995 he became the chairman of parliament and maintained the post until his resignation in 1999, which was followed with the discharge of other ministers whom Zhvania had suspected of corruption. In 2003, Zhvania united with other opposition leaders, mainly Burdjanadze and Saakashvili, to hold non-violent protests against the rigging of the 2003 presidential elections. This protests culminated with the resignation of Shevardnadze and the ascendance of Saakashvili to the pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Burjanadze
Nino Burjanadze (; ; born 16 July 1964) is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008. As the first woman, she has served as the acting head of state of Georgia twice; the first time from 23 November 2003 to 25 January 2004 in the wake of Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation during the Rose Revolution, and again from 25 November 2007 to 20 January 2008, when Mikheil Saakashvili stepped down to rerun in the early presidential elections. She withdrew into opposition to Saakashvili as the leader of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia party in 2008. In October 2013, she ran in the presidential election, competing against 22 candidates. She ended third with 10 percent of the vote. Early life and career Nino Burjanadze was born in Kutaisi, then- Soviet Georgia. She graduated in 1986 from the Faculty of Law of the Tbilisi State University (TSU). Afterwards, she pursued education at Moscow State University f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Union For Revival
The Democratic Union for Revival ( ka, დემოკრატიული აღორძინების კავშირი, tr), also colloquially known as the Union for Revival or Revival, was a political party in Georgia. The party acquired its current name in 1998, having operated since 1992 under the chairmanship of Aslan Abashidze and the name "Adjaran Union for the Rebirth of Georgia" ("საქართველოს აღორძინების აჭარის კავშირი"). It was the governing party in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara from 1992 to 2004, and was represented in the Parliament of Georgia from 1995 to 2003. The party ceased to exist following the 2004 Adjarian Revolution. History Background and foundation Following the victory of Zviad Gamsakhurdia's Round Table—Free Georgia coalition in the 1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election, Gamsakhurdia, in order to co-opt a leader from a respected and influential local family in Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Citizens Of Georgia
Union of Citizens of Georgia (UCG; ka, საქართველოს მოქალაქეთა კავშირი, tr), also known as the Citizens' Union of Georgia or Georgian Citizens' Union, was the ruling party of Georgia from 1995 to 2001. It was established by the president Eduard Shevardnadze, who had previously served as the Communist leader of the Georgian SSR from 1972 to 1985, and David Chantladze, former General Trade Representative of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia. Shevardnadze led the party to victory in the 1995 and 1999 parliamentary elections, however the party began to collapse in 2001 and was disbanded soon after Shevardnadze's removal from power in the aftermath of the Rose Revolution, which occurred following the 2003 parliamentary election which was widely seen as being rigged. During UCG's rule, the country suffered from severe corruption and political instability. The government is generally described as being "semi-authoritarian" t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Enforcement In Georgia (country)
Law enforcement in Georgia is conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Currently, there are more than 42,000 registered police officers. History The Georgian police introduced an 022 emergency dispatch service in 2004. As of 2017 you can contact Georgian police with a 112 Emergency Dispatch. Vehicles * BMW E60 M5 * BMW F10 M5 *Ford Police Interceptor Sedan *Ford Police Interceptor Utility *Honda Insight *Hyundai Getz *Hyundai H-1 *Hyundai Ioniq *Mitsubishi Colt * Mitsubishi L200 *Mitsubishi Outlander *Pontiac Aztek *Škoda Octavia * Škoda Rapid *Toyota Corolla *Toyota Hilux *Volvo V70 *Volvo FH *Porsche Panamera Weapons Restructuring In the mid-2000s the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia underwent a radical transformation. In 2005 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili fired "the entire traffic police force" of the Georgian National Police due to corruption,McDonald, Mark (13 June 2007)"Firing of traffic police force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Georgia
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Liberty Institute (Georgia)
Liberty Institute is a Georgian research and advocacy organization affiliated with Ilia Chavchavadze State University. The Institute provides legal services in the field of civil and human rights and conducts legislative activities. History The Liberty Institute was founded in 1996. On July 10, 2002, around 10 aggressors entered the office of the Liberty Institute and physically injured organization members Sozar Subari and ransacked the office. Giga Bokeria became the deputy chairman of the Committee on Legal Issues and a member of the Committee on Defense and Security. Givi Targamadze became the chair of the Georgian Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security. In 2004, Sozar Subari was elected by the Parliament of Georgia as Public Defender (ombudsman) for a 5-year term. Konstantine Vardzelashvili was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Justice in 2004. Anna Zhvania was appointed initially as an advisor to the President in 2006, and then she was appointed as the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
