Trots kritiken: Kavelashvili insvuren som ny president
Mikheil Kavelashvili svors på söndagen in som ny president i Georgien, trots kritik och protester om att presidentvalet i höstas var riggat.
Kavelashvili, ytterhögerpolitiker, EU-kritiker och tidigare fotbollsspelare, svors in bara ögonblick efter att den avgående presidenten Salome Zurabishvili sagt att han saknar legitimitet, skriver AFP.
I ett tal till de tusentalet demonstranter som samlats utanför parlamentsbyggnaden i Tbilisi inför presidentskiftet sa hon att hon inte kommer att kliva åt sidan, även om hon kommer att flytta ut från presidentpalatset.
Mikheil Kavelashvili
Wikipedia (en)
Mikheil Kavelashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ყაველაშვილი [miχeil χʼaveɫaʃʷili]; born 22 July 1971) is a Georgian politician and former professional footballer. He was proclaimed the sixth president of Georgia after the 2024 presidential election, which was boycotted and disputed by the opposition, as well as some of the international community. He was the sole candidate on the ballot.
As a football player, he was a striker who notably played in the English Premier League for Manchester City and in the Swiss Super League for a range of clubs. He also played for Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak Vladikavkaz. He was capped 46 times by the Georgian national football team, scoring nine goals.
Kavelashvili was first elected to parliament in the 2016 election representing the ruling Georgian Dream party. In 2022, he co-founded People's Power, a satellite party of Georgian Dream. His election as president was assessed as "illegitimate" by the opposition, his predecessor Salome Zourabichvili, watchdog organizations and constitutional experts. It was the first time in Georgia's independent history that only one party was represented in a presidential election.
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