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The president of Georgia (Georgian: ... Round Table—Free Georgia: 1991: The office of the president was vacant from January 6, 1992 to November 26, 1995. [b] 2
Instead, in January 1991 the Georgia's Supreme Council approved the legislation which created the National Guard of Georgia. [50] The first military parade was held on Independence Day in 1991, with 10,000 soldiers of the National Guard taking their oath of service in front of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia at Boris Paichadze Stadium .
This is the list of leaders of Georgia since 1918, during the periods of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921), Soviet Georgia (1921–1991), and current Georgia. For the head of government, see President of Georgia.
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 26 May 1991. [1] The result was a victory for Zviad Gamsakhurdia of the Round Table-Free Georgia party, who received 88% of the vote, with an 83% turnout. [2]
In August 1991, the Georgian National Guard launched a mutiny against President Zviad Gamsakhurdia and seized a government broadcast station in September. [1] Following the police dispersion of a large opposition demonstration in Tbilisi on September 2, several opposition leaders were arrested and their offices raided and pro-opposition ...
Former Manchester City player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally sworn in as president of Georgia on Sunday, 29 December, amid mass protests against his inauguration. The 53-year-old hardline ...
9 April 1991: Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union, finalized on 25 December the same year. May 1991: Zviad Gamsakhurdia elected as the first President of Georgia. 1991-1992: Zviad Gamsakhurdia overthrowed by the military junta. 1991-1993: Georgian Civil War: 1991-1992: South Ossetia War. 1992-1993: War in Abkhazia. November 1995
A century later, Georgia's pro-Western president is refusing to leave office, arguing she is the last legitimate institution in her country, On Sunday, her six-year term as president is due to end.