President of Georgia

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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 Defence Forces. The constitution defines the presidential office as "the guarantor of the country's unity and national independence." The president is largely a figurehead, as in many parliamentary democracies, but retains some significant authorities, such as the right to issue pardons. 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. Currently, the presidential term is five years. On 14 December 2024, the Georgian Electoral Assembly elected Mikheil Kavelashvili as the new president and he was inaugurated on 29 December 2024. It was the first indirect presidential election in Georgia's history after the constitutional...

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