Georgia
Country in the Caucasus of SE Europe, bounded N by Russia, E by Azerbaijan,
S by Armenia, and W by the Black Sea.
Government
There is a 235-seat legislature, the supreme soviet, to which 150 deputies
are elected by proportional representation and 85 by the first-
past-the-post system. All serve four- year terms. The executive
state president is directly elected for a five- year term. The
president governs with a cabinet of ministers, which includes
a prime minister.
In Sept 1993 the incumbent president Eduard Shevardnadze was
conferred emergency powers to rule by decree, and in Aug 1995
a new constitution was adopted.
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