PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA

The 'President of Georgia' (Georgian: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი) is the head of the state and commander-in-chief of Georgia. Presidents serve five-year terms.
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Contents

Duties

Oath

Standard (Flag)

Trivia

Administration of the President

External link

Duties

The President awards state decorations and has the power to grant pardons.
Before the amendments to the Constitution made in February 2004 the President also served as the head of government.

Oath

On the third Sunday after the presidential elections the inauguration is held. The President takes an oath before God and the Nation:
''მე საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, ღვთისა და ერის წინაშე ვაცხადებ, რომ დავიცავ საქართველოს კონსტიტუციას, ქვეყნის დამოუკიდებლობას, ერთიანობასა და განუყოფლობას, კეთილსინდისიერად აღვასრულებთ პრეზიდენტის მოვალეობას, ვიზრუნებ ჩემი ქვეყნის მოქალაქეთა უსაფრთხოებისა და კეთილდღეობისათვის, ჩემი ხალხის და მამულის აღორძინებისა და ძლევამოსილებისათვის!''
''I, the President of Georgia, solemnly pledge before God and my nation to defend the Constitution of Georgia and the independence, unity and inseparability of my country. I will honestly perform the duties of President. I will protect the welfare and security of my people, and will care for the revival and might of my Nation and Fatherland.''

Standard (Flag)

The standard is the Georgian flag, charged in the center with the Georgian coat of arms. Copies of the standard are used inside his office, at the Chancellary Building, other state agencies, and while the president is traveling in a vehicle inside Georgia.

	'Name'	'Took Office'	'Left Office'	'Party'
1	Zviad Gamsakhurdia1	April 9, 1991	January 6, 1992	Round Table-Free Georgia
2	Eduard Shevardnadze2	March 10, 1992	November 25, 1995	''no party''
	Eduard Shevardnadze (contd.)	November 25, 1995	November 23, 2003	Citizens Union
3	Nino Burjanadze3(acting)	November 23, 2003	January 25, 2004	Burdzhanadze-Democratic Alliance
4	Mikheil Saakashvili	January 25, 2004	''present''	National Movement - Democrats

Trivia

In the 2002 Video Game Splinter Cell, Kombayn Nikolodze was the fictional President of Georiga

Administration of the President

★ Ekaterine Sharashidze - Head of the Administration of the President

★ Maka Skhirtladze - Deputy Head of the Administration of the President

★ Lado Chanturia - Legal Councellor of the President of Georgia

★ Dimitri Qitoshvili - Parliamentary Secretary of the President of Georgia

External link

★ Official Site of the President of Georgia