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28-512: The Commission was formed on July 1, 2000 Commission is independent body and is not subordinated to any state authority, but during implementation process of important projects or reforms commission actively collaborates with the government and often is initiator of legislative changes. Commission presents its annual report to the President of Georgia , to the Parliament of Georgia and to

56-609: A car flag on vehicles bearing the president within Georgian territory. After Georgia formally seceded from the Soviet Union on 9 April 1991, the Supreme Council voted, on 14 April, to create the post of executive president, and appointed Zviad Gamsakhurdia to the office pending the holding of direct elections. In the nationwide elections to this post, on 26 May 1991, Gamsakhurdia won a landslide victory, becoming

84-419: A parliamentary republic . In November 2018, Salome Zourabichvili , became Georgia's first female president in permanent capacity and, according to the new constitution, the last president to be elected by a direct vote. In view of these changes, she is set to serve a term of six years. In the event of the president's resignation, death or impeachment the chairperson of Parliament will temporarily serve until

112-472: A fully parliamentary system she is the last president to be elected directly by the citizens. Any citizen of Georgia having the electoral right , who has attained the age of 35 and who has lived in Georgia for at least 15 years, may be elected President of Georgia. The office cannot be held by a citizen of Georgia who is simultaneously the citizen of a foreign country. The president of Georgia shall not be

140-586: A member of a political party. According to the 2018 version of Georgia's constitution, starting in 2024, the president will be elected for a five-year term by the 300-member Electoral College, consisting of all members of the Parliament of Georgia and of the supreme representative bodies of the autonomous republics of Abkhazia and Adjara , also members from the representative bodies of local-self-governments (municipalities). The same person may be elected President of Georgia only twice. No less than 30 members of

168-402: A new president is appointed. There were cases of this in Georgia in 2003 and 2007, in both cases, the president resigned prematurely and was replaced by the chairperson of parliament, before new elections were held. In both cases, the then-chairperson Nino Burjanadze became acting president; she was the only one in this position, and it can be said that she was also the first female president of

196-614: Is largely a figurehead as in many parliamentary democracies. Executive power is vested in the Government and the prime minister . The office was first introduced by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia on 14 April 1991, five days after Georgia's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union . The president serves a five-year term. The current president is Salome Zourabichvili . Because of Georgia's transition to

224-725: The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline . This function was transferred to the Main Division for Protection of Strategic Pipelines of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on January 1, 2006. The agency has lost 7 personnel in the line of duty. Of these, two were killed in the attack on the then-President Eduard Shevardnadze 's motorcade in Tbilisi on February 9, 1998. The Special State Protection Service provides security to: The persons subjected to protection are: By decision of

252-488: The Government of Georgia . The Commission's source of income is regulation fee paid by authorized entities and license holders in broadcasting and electronic communications sectors. For the broadcasters defined regulation fee is 0.5% of income and for the authorized entities in electronic communications sector - 0.75% of their income. The Commission consists of five members. The members of the Commission are elected for

280-601: The Constitution and law, at the request of the Parliament of Georgia, the Government of Georgia or no less than 200 000 voters, within 30 days after such a request is received. A referendum shall not be held in order to adopt or repeal a law, to grant amnesty or pardon, to ratify or denounce international treaties, or to decide issues that envisage the restriction of fundamental constitutional human rights. Issues related to calling and holding referendums shall be defined by

308-479: The Electoral College shall have the right to nominate a candidate for the president of Georgia. The election of the president of Georgia is appointed by the Parliament for October. One third of the total number of the members of Parliament has the right to raise the question of impeachment of the president of Georgia. They can be considered impeached if the decision is supported by at least two thirds of

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336-513: The Government, appoint and dismiss ambassadors and other heads of diplomatic missions of Georgia; b) conclude a constitutional agreement with the Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia on behalf of the state of Georgia; c) call the elections of Parliament and local self-government bodies in accordance with the Constitution and the procedures established by the organic law; d) upon nomination by

364-662: The Government, appoint and dismiss the Commander of the Defence Forces of Georgia; appoint one member of the High Council of Justice; participate in the appointment of the chairperson and members of the Central Election Commission of Georgia in cases defined by the organic law and in accordance with the established procedure; upon nomination by the Government, submit to Parliament candidates for

392-498: The President of Georgia. The structure and rules of operation of the administration are determined by the President of Georgia. Special State Protection Service of Georgia The Special State Protection Service of Georgia (SSPS) ( Georgian : საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დაცვის სპეციალური სამსახური [სდსს], sakartvelos sakhelmtsipo datsvis spetsialuri samsakhuri ) is a militarized government agency of Georgia tasked with

420-642: The Republic of Georgia (საქართველოს რესპუბლიკის სამთავრობო დაცვის სამსახური) formed on June 23, 1994, on the basis of the Government Protective Directorate of the Ministry of State Security of Georgia. On February 20, 1996, the agency adopted the current name in line with the "Law of Georgia on Special State Protection Service". In 1998, the SSPS was further tasked with providing security to the ongoing energy projects in Georgia, such as

448-480: The adoption of a new Constitution on 24 August 1995, the post of president was restored. Shevardnadze was elected to presidency on 5 November 1995, and reelected on 9 April 2000. He resigned under pressure of mass demonstrations known as Rose Revolution on 23 November 2003. After Nino Burjanadze 's brief tenure as an acting president , Mikheil Saakashvili was elected on 4 January 2004. He did not serve his full first term, but voluntarily resigned to defuse tensions in

476-513: The aftermath of the 2007 Georgian demonstrations and brought the presidential elections forward from the original date in autumn 2008. He was reelected on 5 January 2008. The president's executive powers were significantly curtailed in favor of the prime minister and the Government in a series of amendments passed between 2013 and 2018. After the election of Giorgi Margvelashvili to presidency in October 2013, Georgia finalized its transition to

504-421: The consent of Parliament, to suspend the activity of a representative body of a territorial unit, or to dissolve such a body, if its activities threaten the sovereignty or territorial integrity of the country, or the exercise of constitutional powers by state bodies; i) exercise other powers determined by the Constitution. 2. The President of Georgia shall have the right to call a referendum on issues defined in

532-402: The country. However, the first fully elected female president in Georgia was Salome Zourabichvili , who is still in this position. Administration of the President of Georgia ( Georgian : საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ადმინისტრაცია , romanized : sakartvelos p'rezident'is administ'ratsia , sometimes translated as Presidential Administration of Georgia ) is the body supporting and organizing

560-536: The exercise of the powers defined by the Constitution of Georgia and other legislative acts for the President of Georgia. The Administration of the President of Georgia was established on February 14, 2004 by the Decree №60 of the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili . In its activities, the administration is guided by the Constitution of Georgia, the legislation of Georgia, the statute and other legal acts of

588-406: The first president of the Republic of Georgia. Gamsakhurdia was ousted in a military coup d'état on 6 January 1992. He continued to function as a president-in-exile until his death in a failed attempt to regain power on 31 December 1993. In the post-coup absence of legitimate power, a position of the head of state was introduced for Georgia's new leader Eduard Shevardnadze on 10 March 1992. After

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616-522: The members of Parliament. The procedure of the impeachment of the president is constitutionally banned during a state of emergency or martial law. 1. The President of Georgia shall: a) with the consent of the Government, exercise representative powers in foreign relations, negotiate with other states and international organisations, conclude international treaties, and accept the accreditation of ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives of other states and international organisations; upon nomination by

644-416: The membership of the national regulatory bodies; e) decide on citizenship issues in accordance with the procedures established by the organic law; f) pardon convicts; g) in accordance with the procedures established by law, grant state awards and rewards; highest military ranks, special ranks and honorary titles; and highest diplomatic ranks; h) be entitled, upon recommendation by the Government and with

672-432: The organic law. 3. The President of Georgia shall have the right to address the people. The President shall annually submit a report on crucial state-related issues to Parliament. Prior to assuming office, on the third Sunday after the election day, the newly elected president of Georgia addresses the people and is required to take the following oath of office: The president of Georgia enjoys immunity. No one shall have

700-647: The protection of several, mandated by the relevant law, high-ranking state officials, as well as certain national properties, high-ranking foreign visitors and diplomatic offices. SSPS is fully subordinated to the Government , the head of the agency is appointed by and reports directly to the Prime Minister . The predecessor of the Special State Protection Service was the Government Protective Service of

728-647: The right to detain or bring criminal proceedings against the president of Georgia while in office. Security of the president of Georgia is provided by the Special State Protection Service . The standard is adapted from the national flag of Georgia , charged in the center with the Georgian coat of arms . Copies of the standard are used inside the president's office, at the Chancellery Building, other state agencies, and as

756-502: The term of 6 years by Parliament from candidates selected by the President.. The Chairman of the Commission is elected for the period of 3 years by the majority of staff by the Commission itself for one term only. Since May 19, 2017 Chairmen of the Commission is Kakhi Bekauri. Members of the Commission are Vakhtang Abashidze, Eliso Asanidze, Giorgi Pruidze and Merab Katamadze. Together with the Commission acts Public Defenders office of Consumers interests’ protection. On 2014, Tamta Tepnadze

784-512: Was appointed as public defender of consumer's rights . President of Georgia The president of Georgia ( Georgian : საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი , romanized : sakartvelos p'rezident'i ) is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia as well as the commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces . The constitution defines the presidential office as "the guarantor of the country's unity and national independence." The president

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