Independence Day of Georgia
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Restoration of State Independence Day is the main state holiday of Georgia. Since the nineteenth century, Georgia has been part of Russia. On May 26, 1918, the democratic government of Georgia, headed by Noe Jordania, proclaimed the independence of the country. The first independent Democratic Republic of Georgia lasted until February 1921.
Independence Day Parade
In February 1921, the Georgian SSR was formed, in December 1922 it entered the USSR first as part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (ZSFSR), from 1936 to 1991 - as a union republic.
On March 31, 1991, a referendum was held to restore Georgia’s independence. The referendum was attended by 90.5 percent of voters, of which 98.93 percent voted for state independence. On April 9, 1991, on the basis of the results of a nationwide referendum, the Supreme Council of the Republic adopted the Act on the Restoration of State Independence of Georgia, which declared the Independence Act of 1918 and the Constitution of 1921 valid. The post of President of the Republic of Georgia has been introduced.
On April 14, 1991, at an extraordinary meeting of the first session of the Supreme Council, Zviad Gamsakhurdia was elected the first president of independent Georgia, and on May 27, 1991 he was elected president of Georgia in general direct secret elections (86.5 percent of voters voted for him).
The second president of Georgia - Eduard Shevardnadze, who stood at the head of state from 1995 to 2003. January 4, 2004 President of Georgia was elected Mikheil Saakashvili (gained 96.27% of the vote). In the parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003, he headed the opposition bloc “National Movement”, became the central figure of the “velvet” revolution, which ended with the resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze.
On August 24, 1995, the Constitution was adopted by the Parliament of Georgia (the signing ceremony took place on October 17, 1995). According to the Constitution, Georgia is a presidential republic. The President is the head of the executive branch and at the same time performs the function of the Prime Minister. In accordance with the Constitution of 1995, there is no prime minister in the government, the second after the president official in the executive structure of power is the state minister. On February 6, 2004, the Parliament of the Republic amended the Constitution, restoring the post of Prime Minister and Cabinet of Ministers. The parliament received the right to dismiss the government by three-fifths of votes, the president received the right to dissolve the parliament if it does not approve the state budget and the candidacy of the prime minister three times in a row. The legislative body of the country is a unicameral parliament, in which 150 deputies are elected according to the proportional system and 85 - by majority.