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Georgia Government 1996
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
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Administrative divisions:
2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika);
Abkhazia (Sokhumi), Ajaria (Bat'umi)
the administrative centers of the autonomous republics are included in
parentheses; there are no oblasts - the rayons around T'bilisi are under
direct republic jurisdiction
9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Independence Day, 26 May (1991)
adopted 21 February 1921; currently amending constitution for Parliamentary
and popular review by late 1995
based on civil law system
18 years of age; universal
Chairman of Parliament Eduard Amvrosiyevich SHEVARDNADZE (Chairman of the
Government Council since 10 March 1992; elected Chairman of Parliament in 11
October 1992; note - the Government Council has since been disbanded);
election last held 11 October 1992 (next to be held October 1995); results -
Eduard SHEVARDNADZE 95%
Prime Minister Otar PATSATSIA (since September 1993); Deputy Prime Ministers
Avtandil MARGIANI, Zurab KERVALISHVILI (since 25 November 1992), Tamaz
NADAREISHVILI (since September 1993), Temur BASILIA (since 17 March 1994),
Bakur GULA (since NA)
Georgian Parliament (Supreme Soviet):
elections last held 11 October 1992 (next to be held October 1995); results
- percent of vote by party NA; seats - (225 total) number of seats by party
NA
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Political parties and leaders:
Citizens Union (CU), Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, Zurab SHVANIA, general secretary;
National Democratic Party (NDP), Georgi (Gia) CHANTURIA, Ivane GIORGADZE;
United Republican Party, umbrella organization for parties including the GPF
and the Charter 1991 Party, cochairmen Bakhtand DZABIRADZE, Notar NATADZE,
and Theodor PAATASHVILI; Georgian Popular Front (GPF), Nodar NATADZE,
chairman; Charter 1991 Party, Thedor PAATASHVILI; Georgian Social Democratic
Party (GSDP), Guram MUCHAIDZE, secretary general; National Reconstruction
and Rebirth of Georgia Union, Valerian ADVADZE; Christian Democratic Union
(CDU), Irakli SHENGELAYA; Democratic Georgia Union (DGU), El'dar SHENGELAYA;
National Independence Party (NIP), Irakliy TSERETELI, chairman; Georgian
Monarchists' Party (GMP), Temur ZHORZHOLIANI; Green Party, Zurab ZHVANIA;
Republican Party (RP), Ivliane KHAINDRAVA; Workers' Union of Georgia (WUG),
Vakhtang GABUNIA; Agrarian Party of Georgia (APG), Roin LIPARTELIANI; Choice
Society (Archevani), Jaba IOSELIANI, chairman; Georgian Workers Communist
Party, Panteleimon GIORGADZE, chairman; National Liberation Front, Tengiz
SIGULA, chairman
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Other political or pressure groups:
supporters of ousted President Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA (deceased 1 January 1994)
boycotted the October elections and remain a source of opposition
BSEC, CCC, CIS, EBRD, ECE, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NACC, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Tedo JAPARIDZE
(temporary) Suite 424, 1511 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
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US diplomatic representation:
#25 Antoneli Street, T'bilisi 380026
use embassy street address
[7] (8832) 98-99-67, 93-38-03
maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side corner; rectangle
divided horizontally with black on top, white below
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