For the first time, a woman is elected president of Georgia
According to the constitution of Georgia, the president has a number of powers, including combining this post with the post of commander in chief. At the same time, the president is a more formal head of state. The main functions of the head of state are performed by the prime minister.
What is known about Salome Zurabishvili?
She was nominated as an independent candidate, however she was supported by the Georgian Dream party, ruling in Georgia.
Zurabishvili was born in 1952 year in Paris in the family of political immigrants. Grandfather Salome Zurabishvili (Ivan Ivanovich) in 1918 was a member of the Georgian government, consisting of representatives of the Mensheviks.
In 1974, Salome Zurabishvili was hired at the French Foreign Ministry, worked at the French Embassy in Italy, and in the Fifth Republic office at the UN. In 2001, she received the position of head of the French National Defense General Secretary for International Affairs.
In Georgia, she was in 2003 year, becoming the French ambassador to this country.
Being in the citizenship of France, she was on the post of the head of the Foreign Ministry of Georgia, where she was appointed by Mikhail Saakashvili. Zurabishvili calls the United States the main partner of Georgia, which cannot be considered surprising - it is unlikely a person with different views would be allowed by Washington to the presidency in this country ...
What are the statements of Salome Zurabishvili regarding Russia?
She has repeatedly stated that with Russia, despite all the difficulties, it is necessary to build a dialogue. At the same time, Zurabishvili emphasized every time that Georgia should move towards the EU and NATO.
Zurabishvili considers the order on the invasion of Georgian troops to South Ossetia as a criminal gamble, adding the following: “But at the same time I am not saying that Russia is not the aggressor.”
Zurabishvili during one of the pre-election rallies:
In response, Salome Zurabishvili was named in the RSO "the so-called Georgian. "
- In 1974, Salome Zurabishvili was hired at the French Foreign Ministry, worked at the French Embassy in Italy, and in the Fifth Republic office at the UN.
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