2013 in Georgia (country)
In 2013, Georgia finalized its first-ever peaceful change of power and transition to a parliamentary republic. The Georgian Dream-dominated government, which came to power after defeating, in October 2012, the United National Movement led by the outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili, promised more democratic reforms. The Georgian Dream candidate Giorgi Margvelashvili won the presidential election in October 2013 and the new constitution significantly reducing the authority of the president in favor of those of the prime minister and government came into effect. In November, the leader of the Georgian Dream, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili announced his withdrawal from politics as promised earlier, and the Parliament of Georgia approved his nominee, Irakli Garibashvili, as the country's new head of government.
The Parliament session hall in Kutaisi in April 2013.
The Afghanistan deployment ceremony for the 42nd and 33rd infantry battalions. March 22, 2013.
Deep Purple performing at the Tbilisi Open Air 2013.
A Georgian villager is left beyond the barbwire fence installed by the Russian troops along the South Ossetia–Georgia contact line. September 2013
2012 in Georgia (country)
Events in the year 2012 in Georgia.
Obama and Saakashvili in the Oval Office. January 30, 2012.
The Oshki cathedral built by Georgians between 963 and 973 is located in northeastern Turkey.
The U.S. President Barack Obama visits the Georgian officer Alex Tugushi, wounded in Afghanistan, on March 2, 2012.
The European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia patrols the South Ossetian administration boundary line in February 2012.