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  • Georgia People
  • Georgia Geography
  • Georgia Economy
  • Georgia History

    Government
    Type: Republic.
    Constitution: October 17, 1995.
    Branches: Executive--president with State Chancellery. Legislative--unicameral parliament, 235 members. Judicial--supreme court, Constitutional Court, and local courts.
    Subdivisions: 67 districts, including those within the two autonomous republics (Abkhazia and Ajara) and eight cities.
    Political parties and leaders: National Movement [Mikhail Saakashvili]; Burjanadze-Democrats [Nino Burjanadze and Zurab Zhvania]; Revival Party [Aslan Abashidze]; Labor Party [Shalva Natelashvili]; New Rights [Davit Gamkrelidze]; Industrialists [Georgi Topadze]
    Suffrage: Universal over 18.

    Georgia Government
    Georgia has been a democratic republic since the presidential elections and constitutional referendum of October 1995. The President is elected for a term of 5 years, limited to 2 terms; his constitutional successor is the Chairman of the Parliament.

    The Georgian state is highly centralized, except for the autonomous regions of Abkhazia and Ajara, whose precise legal statuses have not been determined by law. Those regions were subjects of special autonomies during Soviet rule, and the legacy of that influence remains. In January 2004 President-elect Mikheil Saakashvili was elected to a 5-year term following the November 2, 2003 parliamentary elections which were marred by irregularities and fraud. As a result of popular demonstrations, former President Shevardnadze resigned on November 23, 2003, and the Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze assumed the role of Interim President. New parliamentary elections have been called for March 7, 2004.

    source: http://www.state.gov

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