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Other events of 2008
List of years in Georgia (country)
Incumbents
President of Georgia
:
Nino Burjanadze
(acting; November 25, 2007)-January 20, 2008;
Mikheil Saakashvili
(January 20, 2008 – 17, November 2013)
Prime Minister
:
Lado Gurgenidze
(since November 22, 2007)
Chairperson of the Parliament
:
Mikheil Machavariani
(acting; since November 25, 2007); Nino Burjanadze (January 20, 2008 – June 7, 2008),
David Bakradze
(June 7, 2008 – present)
Events
January 5 –
2008 Georgian presidential election
:
Mikheil Saakashvili
is re-elected as
President of Georgia
for his second term.
January 5 – A majority of voters favor to bring
2008 Georgian legislative election
to spring 2008 in a
binding referendum
.
January 5 – A majority of voters express their support to
Georgia's bid
to join
NATO
in a
non-binding referendum
.
January 31 - The incoming
Cabinet of Georgia
wins a vote of confidence in the Parliament of Georgia.
April 20 – A
crisis
in relations with
Russia
deepens after a Russian fighter jet downs a Georgian unmanned unarmed aerial vehicle over
Abkhazia
.
May 21 – Georgia holds a
parliamentary election
won by Saakashvili’s
United National Movement
.
May 24 – Georgian singer
Diana Gurtskaya
finishes 11th at the final of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
.
Scheduled
October 4 – Elections to the Supreme Council of
Adjara
.
Deaths
January 6 –
Guram Lortkipanidze
, film actor (born 1930).
January 9 -
Mikheil Kavtaradze
, formerly an anti-Soviet émigré politician and author (born 1907).
January 16 – Prince
Jorge de Bagration
, the Head of the
Royal House of Georgia
and claimant to the
throne of Georgia
(born 1944).
February 2 -
Givi Mizandari
, sculptor (born 1932).
February 13 -
Badri Patarkatsishvili
, tycoon and politician (born 1955)
March 2 –
Sofiko Chiaureli
, theatre and film actress (born 1937)
March 11 –
Anna Kalandadze
, poet (born 1924)
May 24 –
Bukhuti Gurgenidze
, Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1933)
August 7 –
Vakhushti Kotetishvili
, Iranist and folklorist (born 1935)
See also
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recognition
Abkhazia
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Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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South Ossetia
Transnistria
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, colonies
and other territories
Åland
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
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2008 in Asia
Sovereign states
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cyprus
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Egypt
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
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North Korea
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Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
States with
limited recognition
Abkhazia
Northern Cyprus
Palestine
South Ossetia
Taiwan
Dependencies
and
other territories
British Indian Ocean Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Hong Kong
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Category
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Categories
:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of events
←
2007
2006
2005
2008
in
Georgia (country)
→
2009
2010
2011
Decades:
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also:
Other events of 2008
List of years in Georgia (country)
Incumbents
President of Georgia
:
Nino Burjanadze
(acting; November 25, 2007)-January 20, 2008;
Mikheil Saakashvili
(January 20, 2008 – 17, November 2013)
Prime Minister
:
Lado Gurgenidze
(since November 22, 2007)
Chairperson of the Parliament
:
Mikheil Machavariani
(acting; since November 25, 2007); Nino Burjanadze (January 20, 2008 – June 7, 2008),
David Bakradze
(June 7, 2008 – present)
Events
January 5 –
2008 Georgian presidential election
:
Mikheil Saakashvili
is re-elected as
President of Georgia
for his second term.
January 5 – A majority of voters favor to bring
2008 Georgian legislative election
to spring 2008 in a
binding referendum
.
January 5 – A majority of voters express their support to
Georgia's bid
to join
NATO
in a
non-binding referendum
.
January 31 - The incoming
Cabinet of Georgia
wins a vote of confidence in the Parliament of Georgia.
April 20 – A
crisis
in relations with
Russia
deepens after a Russian fighter jet downs a Georgian unmanned unarmed aerial vehicle over
Abkhazia
.
May 21 – Georgia holds a
parliamentary election
won by Saakashvili’s
United National Movement
.
May 24 – Georgian singer
Diana Gurtskaya
finishes 11th at the final of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
.
Scheduled
October 4 – Elections to the Supreme Council of
Adjara
.
Deaths
January 6 –
Guram Lortkipanidze
, film actor (born 1930).
January 9 -
Mikheil Kavtaradze
, formerly an anti-Soviet émigré politician and author (born 1907).
January 16 – Prince
Jorge de Bagration
, the Head of the
Royal House of Georgia
and claimant to the
throne of Georgia
(born 1944).
February 2 -
Givi Mizandari
, sculptor (born 1932).
February 13 -
Badri Patarkatsishvili
, tycoon and politician (born 1955)
March 2 –
Sofiko Chiaureli
, theatre and film actress (born 1937)
March 11 –
Anna Kalandadze
, poet (born 1924)
May 24 –
Bukhuti Gurgenidze
, Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1933)
August 7 –
Vakhushti Kotetishvili
, Iranist and folklorist (born 1935)
See also
List of '2008 in' articles
v
t
e
Years
in
Georgia
(1991–present)
Pre-1991
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
v
t
e
2008 in Europe
Sovereign states
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City
States with limited
recognition
Abkhazia
Kosovo
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Northern Cyprus
South Ossetia
Transnistria
Dependencies
, colonies
and other territories
Åland
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
v
t
e
2008 in Asia
Sovereign states
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cyprus
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Egypt
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
States with
limited recognition
Abkhazia
Northern Cyprus
Palestine
South Ossetia
Taiwan
Dependencies
and
other territories
British Indian Ocean Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Hong Kong
Macau
Category
Asia portal
Categories
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2008 in Georgia (country)
Years of the 21st century in Georgia (country)
2008 in Europe
2008 in Asia
Hidden categories:
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