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georgia*

H.E. Tamar Zhvania,
Chairperson, Central Election Commission of Georgia

part i 10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
24 August 1995
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
11. Language (s)

1. Country Name Georgian and Abkhazian
Georgia
12. Literacy Levels
2. Official Name Total population: 99.8%
Georgia male: 99.8%
female: 99.7%
3. Government
Parliamentary Republic part ii

4. Head of the Government LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
Prime Minister – Giorgi Gakharia
5. Head of the State LEGISLATURE
President – Salome Zourabichvili
1. Structure of National Legislature
6. Capital Unicameral
Tbilisi
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
7. Currency Parliament of Georgia
Georgian Lari (GEL)
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) nominated
Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other Currently consisting of 150 members; of these, 77
2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, are proportional representatives and 73 are elected
Kist, Greek) (2014 est.) through single-member district plurality system,
representing their constituencies.
9. Date of Independence and from which Country
Independence Day is celebrated on May 26. It 4. Popular House
commemorates the 26 May, 1918 adoption of the Parliament of Georgia
Act of Independence, which established the Dem-
ocratic Republic of Georgia in the aftermath of the 5. Type of Electoral System
Russian Revolution of 1918. FPTP

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