Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia

Summary

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს რესპუბლიკის უზენაესი საბჭო, romanized: sakartvelos resp'ublik'is uzenaesi sabch'o) was the highest unicameral legislative body in Georgia elected in the first democratic, multiparty elections in the Caucasus on October 28, 1990, while the country was still part of the Soviet Union. The Council presided over the declaration of Georgia's independence from the Soviet Union in April 1991. The legislature split into rivaling factions and became defunct after a violent coup d'état ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia in January 1992. A pro-Gamsakhurdia faction managed to convene for a few times in exile and again in Georgia during Gamsakhurdia's failed attempt to regain power later in 1993. The Supreme Council was succeeded – after a brief parliamentary vacuum filled by the rule of the post-coup Military Council and then the State Council – by the Parliament of Georgia elected in October 1992.

Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia

საქართველოს რესპუბლიკის უზენაესი საბჭო
(Georgian)
 Georgian SSR (1990–1991)
 Georgia (1991–1992)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Established14 November 1990
Disbanded6 January 1992
Preceded bySupreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR
Succeeded byMilitary Council
Leadership
Chairman
Elections
Last election
1990
Meeting place
Supreme Council building, Tbilisi, Georgia

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia was preceded by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (July 1938–November 1990), which in its turn was a successor of the Congress of Soviets of Georgia (February 1922–July 1938).

Chairmen of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia edit

Image Name Period
  Zviad Gamsakhurdia November 14, 1990–April 14, 1991
  Akaki Asatiani April 14, 1991–January 2, 1992

Sources edit

  • World Statesmen.org

References edit