Politics of Georgia (country)
Politics in Georgia involve a parliamentary representative democratic republic with a multi-party system. The President of Georgia is the ceremonial head of state and the Prime Minister of Georgia is the head of government. The Prime Minister and the Government wield executive power. Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the unicameral Parliament of Georgia.
17th-century drawing showing a Georgian prince's emissary sent out to the King's court in Imereti.
In medieval Svaneti, while royal power was not fully implemented, the local political system was described as a "military-democratic system" stabilized by the Church.
Cabinet members of the Democratic Republic
The Soviet-era Parliament building in Tbilisi features a communist red star to this day
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)
