2008 Georgian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 January 2008, moved forward from autumn 2008 by President Mikheil Saakashvili after the 2007 demonstrations.
Image: President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi, March 22, 2008
Image: Badri Patarkatsishvili IMEDI
Image: Presidential candidate Shalva Natelashvili (Labor Party of Georgia) (31705405498) (cropped)
The president of Georgia is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia as well as the commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces. The constitution defines the presidential office as "the guarantor of the country's unity and national independence."
President of Georgia
Image: Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Tbilisi, 1988
Image: Eduard shevardnadze
Image: Nino Burjanadze (Tbilisi, December 5, 2003)