Georgia
Gakharia doesn’t rule out running in upcoming local elections in Georgia
Municipal elections in Georgia are planned to be held on 4 October.
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Georgia
Gakharia appears before anti-UNM commission, grilled by ex-colleagues over his once-praised tenure
It was unclear until the last moment whether Giorgi Gakharia would even attend the commission’s hearing.
Georgia
Gakharia pelted with eggs at Tbilisi International Airport
Giorgi Gakharia split with the ruling Georgian Dream party in 2021.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Georgian Dream members accused of attacking Gakharia and TI Georgia member in Batumi
Former PM Giorgi Gakharia and Transparency International employee Zviad Koridze were attacked 15 minutes apart in the same hotel.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Dream says party appointed Gakharia prime minister as ‘tribute to foreign spymaster’
Georgian Dream’s Executive Secretary Mamuka Mdinaradze has accused opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia of being a spy, adding that the party appointed him prime minister in 2019 as a tribute to his foreign patrons. Gakharia served as interior minister under Georgian Dream from November 2017 to September 2019, when he was nominated for the prime ministership by party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. He later fell out with the party and resigned in 2021, going on to form his own party, For Georgia.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Two major opposition groups fail to unite ahead of Georgian elections
Five weeks before Georgia’s parliamentary elections, the For Georgia party, led by former Georgian Dream member and ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, announced that negotiations to join the Strong Georgia alliance had failed. On 19 September, the opposition For Georgia party reported that the three-day long negotiations to create a unified bloc with the Strong Georgia alliance had faltered. The announcement followed what appeared to be difficult negotiations between For Georgia’s chair, Gi
Analysis
Datablog | The Gakharia effect
In February, then Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia resigned in response to a disagreement within the ruling party regarding the detention of Nika Melia, the leader of the United National Movement. But how did his resignation affect people’s political views? Gakharia was among the most popular leaders from the ruling party and led Georgian Dream during the 2020 Parliamentary elections. Analysis of a February 2021 NDI survey, which was ongoing at the time of Gakharia’s resignation, suggests th
