Executive branch:
chief of state and head of government: President Eduard
Amvrosiyevich SHEVARDNADZE (previously elected Chairman of the
Government Council 10 March 1992, Council has since been disbanded;
previously elected Chairman of Parliament 11 October 1992);
presidential election last held 5 November 1995 (next to be held NA
April 2001); results - Eduard SHEVARDNADZE 74%; president's term to
last five years
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers
Legislative branch: unicameral Georgian Parliament: elections last held 5 November 1995 (next to be held NA November 2000); results - CUG 24%, NDP 8%, All Georgia Revival Union 7%, all other parties received less than 5% each; seats - (235 total) number of seats by party NA
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders: Citizens Union of Georgia (CUG),
Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, Zurab ZHVANIA, general secretary; National
Democratic Party (NDP), Irina SARISHVILI-CHANTARIA; United
Republican Party, umbrella organization for parties including the
GPF and the Charter 1991 Party, Notar NATADZE, chairman; Georgian
Popular Front (GPF), Nodar NATADZE, chairman; Charter 1991 Party,
Tedo PAATASHVILI; Georgian Social Democratic Party (GSDP), Guram
MUCHAIDZE, secretary general; All Georgia Union for Revival, Alsan
ABASHIDZE; Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Irakli SHENGELAYA;
Democratic Georgia Union (DGU), Avtandil MARGIANI; National
Independence Party (NIP), Irakliy TSERETELI, chairman; Georgian
Monarchists' Party (GMP), Temur ZHORZHOLIANI; Greens Party; Agrarian
Party of Georgia (APG), Roin LIPARTELIANI; United Communist Party of
Georgia (UCP), Panteleimon GIORGADZE, chairman
Other political or pressure groups: supporters of ousted President
Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA (deceased 1 January 1994) remain a source of
opposition; separatist elements in the breakaway region of Abkhazia
International organization participation: BSEC, CCC, CIS, EBRD,
ECE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat,
Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NACC, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Tedo JAPARIDZE
chancery: (temporary) Suite 424, 1511 K Street NW, Washington, DC
20005
telephone: [1] (202) 393-5959
FAX: [1] (202) 393-6060
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador William H. COURTNEY
embassy: #25 Antoneli Street, T'bilisi 380026
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [7] (8832) 98-99-67, 93-38-03
FAX: [7] (8832) 93-37-59
Flag: maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side
corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on top, white below
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