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2009 Georgian demonstrations

Index 2009 Georgian demonstrations

In 2009, a mass rally by a coalition of opposition parties in took place in Georgia against the government of President Mikheil Saakashvili. [1]

52 relations: April 9 tragedy, Brussels, Civil Georgia, Conservative Party of Georgia, Democratic Movement – United Georgia, Demonstration (protest), Economy of Georgia (country), Fitch Ratings, Georgia (country), Georgian Orthodox Church, Georgian Public Broadcasting, Independence Day (Georgia), Industry Will Save Georgia, Irakli Alasania, Irakli Okruashvili, Kakha Kukava, Koba Davitashvili, Law enforcement in Georgia (country), Levan Gachechiladze, Maestro (TV channel), Mikheil Saakashvili, Movement for United Georgia, NATO, New Rights, Nika Gilauri, Nino Burjanadze, Opposition (politics), Parliament of Georgia, Political alliance, Political party, President of Georgia, Prime Minister of Georgia, Red Army, Republican Party of Georgia, Reuters, Riot police, Rose Revolution, Russo-Georgian War, Rustaveli Avenue, Salome Zurabishvili, Sozar Subari, Tavisupleba (political party), Tbilisi, Tbilisi State University, The Way of Georgia, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency, Union of Georgian Traditionalists, Vano Merabishvili, Zviad Dzidziguri, 2007 Georgian demonstrations, ..., 2011 Georgian protests, 2012 in Georgia (country). Expand index (2 more) »

April 9 tragedy

The April 9 tragedy (also known as Tbilisi massacre or Tbilisi tragedy) refers to the events in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, on April 9, 1989, when an anti-Soviet demonstration was dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 21 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Civil Georgia

Civil Georgia (სივილ ჯორჯია) is a Tbilisi-based free daily news website run by Georgian NGO UN Association of Georgia.

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Conservative Party of Georgia

The Conservative Party of Georgia (საქართველოს კონსერვატიული პარტია, Sak’art’velos konservatiuli partia, SKP) is a centre-right and nationalist political party, active in Georgia since 2001.

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Democratic Movement – United Georgia

Democratic Movement – United Georgia (დემოკრატიული მოძრაობა — ერთიანი საქართველო, demokratiuli modzraoba — ert’iani Sak’art’velo) is a centre-right political party in Georgia chaired by Nino Burjanadze; it was founded on 24 November 2008.

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Demonstration (protest)

A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.

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Economy of Georgia (country)

The economy of Georgia is an emerging free market.

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Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings Inc.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia (tr) is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Georgian Orthodox Church

The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, sakartvelos samotsikulo avt’ok’epaluri martlmadidebeli ek’lesia) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy.

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Georgian Public Broadcasting

Georgian Public Broadcasting (საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი, sakartvelos sazogadoebrivi mauts'q'ebeli) is the national public broadcaster of Georgia.

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Independence Day (Georgia)

Independence Day (დამოუკიდებლობის დღე, damoukideblobis dghe) is an annual public holiday in Georgia observed on 26 May.

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Industry Will Save Georgia

The Industry Will Save Georgia (Mretsveloba Gadaarchens Sak'art'velos, მრეწველობა გადაარჩენს საქართველოს) is a centre-right conservative political party in Georgia.

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Irakli Alasania

Irakli Alasania (ირაკლი ალასანია) (born 21 December 1973) is a Georgian politician, soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014.

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Irakli Okruashvili

Irakli Okruashvili (ირაკლი ოქრუაშვილი) (born 6 November 1973) is a Georgian politician who had served on various important posts in the Government of Georgia under President Mikheil Saakashvili, including being the Minister of Defense from December 2004 until being dismissed in November 2006.

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Kakha Kukava

Kakha Kukava (კახა კუკავა) (born July 12, 1976 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian politician, former member of Parliament of Georgia and a leader of Free Georgia Party.

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Koba Davitashvili

Koba Davitashvili (კობა დავითაშვილი) (born July 31, 1971) is a Georgian politician, prominent member of Georgian opposition, member of Tbilisi City Assembly and a leader of the Georgian People's Party.

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Law enforcement in Georgia (country)

Law enforcement in Georgia is conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

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Levan Gachechiladze

Levan Gachechiladze (ლევან გაჩეჩილაძე) (born 20 July 1964) is a Georgian politician and businessman who ran as the main oppositional candidate in the 5 January Georgian presidential election, 2008.

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Maestro (TV channel)

Maestro (მაესტრო) is a Georgian television channel launched in February 1995, located in Tbilisi.

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Mikheil Saakashvili

Mikheil Saakashvili (მიხეილ სააკაშვილი, Mixeil Saak'ašvili; Міхеіл Саакашвілі, Michejil Saakašwili; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician.

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Movement for United Georgia

The Movement for United Georgia is a (non-registered) Georgian political party founded by former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili on 27 September 2007.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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New Rights

The New Rights Party (NRP) (ახალი მემარჯვენეები, Akhali Memarjveneebi), also translated as New Conservative Party (NCP), is a liberal conservative party in Georgia.

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Nika Gilauri

Nika Gilauri (ნიკოლოზ გილაური,; born 14 February 1975) is a Georgian politician who was Prime Minister of Georgia from 6 February 2009 to 30 June 2012.

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Nino Burjanadze

Nino Burjanadze (Georgian: ნინო ბურჯანაძე, also romanized Burdzhanadze or Burdjanadze, born 16 July 1964) is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008.

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Opposition (politics)

The political party that has the majority is called ruling party and all other parties or their members are called the Opposition.

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Parliament of Georgia

The Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი, sakartvelos p'arlament'i) is the supreme legislature of Georgia.

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Political alliance

A political alliance, also referred to as a political coalition, political bloc, is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds, or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of the voting system or for government formation after elections.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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President of Georgia

The President of Georgia (საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, sakartvelos prezidenti) is the head of state and supreme commander-in-chief.

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Prime Minister of Georgia

The Prime Minister of Georgia is the most senior minister within the Cabinet of Georgia, appointed by the President of Georgia.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия (РККА), Raboche-krest'yanskaya Krasnaya armiya (RKKA), frequently shortened in Russian to Красная aрмия (КА), Krasnaya armiya (KA), in English: Red Army, also in critical literature and folklore of that epoch – Red Horde, Army of Work) was the army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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Republican Party of Georgia

The Republican Party of Georgia (საქართველოს რესპუბლიკური პარტია, sak’art’velos respublikuri partia), commonly known as the Republicans (რესპუბლიკელები, respublikelebi), is a political party in Georgia active since 1978.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Riot police

Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots.

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Rose Revolution

The Revolution of Roses, often translated into English as the Rose Revolution (ვარდების რევოლუცია vardebis revolutsia), describes a pro-Western peaceful change of power in Georgia in November 2003.

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Russo-Georgian War

The Russo-Georgian War was a war between Georgia, Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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Rustaveli Avenue

Rustaveli Avenue (რუსთაველის გამზირი, Rust'avelis Gamziri), formerly known as Golovin Street, is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.

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Salome Zurabishvili

Salome Zurabishvili (სალომე ზურაბიშვილი) (born 18 March 1952) is a French-born Georgian politician, from 2004 to 2005 Foreign Minister of Georgia and a former diplomat in the French service.

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Sozar Subari

Sozar Subari (სოზარ სუბარი) (born November 4, 1964) is a Georgian politician, journalist, and human rights activist.

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Tavisupleba (political party)

Tavisupleba (თავისუფლება, "Freedom") or Freedom Movement is a political party in Georgia.

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Tbilisi

Tbilisi (თბილისი), in some countries also still named by its pre-1936 international designation Tiflis, is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people.

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Tbilisi State University

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი Ivane Javaxishvilis saxelobis Tbilisis saxelmts'ipo universit'et'i, often shortened to its historical name, Tbilisi State University or TSU), is a public research university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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The Way of Georgia

The Way of Georgia (Sak’art’velos gza, also called The Georgian Way) is a political party in Georgia.

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Ukrainian Independent Information Agency

The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News (Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН; Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a Kiev-based Ukrainian news agency.

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Union of Georgian Traditionalists

The Union of Georgian Traditionalists (ქართველ ტრადიციონალისტთა კავშირი) was a national political organization of the Georgian Political Emigration in 1930s.

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Vano Merabishvili

Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili (ივანე "ვანო" მერაბიშვილი; born 15 April 1968) is a Georgian politician and former Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July to 25 October 2012.

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Zviad Dzidziguri

Zviad Dzidziguri (ზვიად ძიძიგური) (born October 24, 1964) is a Georgian politician.

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2007 Georgian demonstrations

In 2007, a series of anti-government protests took place across Georgia.

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2011 Georgian protests

The 2011 Georgian protests were a series of anti-government protests in Georgia against President Mikheil Saakashvili.

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2012 in Georgia (country)

Events in the year 2012 in Georgia.

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2009 Opposition protests in Georgia.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Georgian_demonstrations

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