Developments in 2003-2008įurther information: History of Georgia (country) § Saakashvili presidency (2004)įollowing a crisis involving allegations of ballot fraud in the 2003 parliamentary elections, Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president on November 23, 2003, in the bloodless Rose Revolution. While, as of 2016, the Georgian government recognizes Abkhazia as autonomous within Georgia, it does not recognize South Ossetia as having any special status.Ĭonsideration of replacing Georgia's republic with some form of constitutional monarchy has become part of Georgian political debate since the Georgian Orthodox primate and other leading Georgians suggested the idea in 2007. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which had autonomy within the Georgian SSR during Soviet rule, unilaterally seceded from Georgia in the 1990s.

The Georgian state is highly centralized, except for the autonomous regions of Abkhazia and Adjara and the former autonomous region of South Ossetia. Georgia became a democratic republic following the first multiparty, democratic parliamentary elections of October 28, 1990.

International organization participationĪfter the Rose Revolution of 2003, the National Movement – Democrats dominated the party system.

Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the unicameral Parliament of Georgia. The Prime Minister and the Government wield executive power. The President of Georgia is the ceremonial head of state and the Prime Minister of Georgia is the head of government. Politics in Georgia involve a parliamentary representative democratic republic with a multi-party system.

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