2007 in Georgia (country)

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Years in Georgia (country):	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Years:	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Deaths
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Incumbents

President of Georgia: Mikheil Saakashvili (January 25, 2004-November 25, 2007); Nino Burjanadze (acting; since November 25, 2007)
Prime Minister: Zurab Noghaideli (February 17, 2005-November 16, 2007); Lado Gurgenidze (since November 22, 2007)
Chairperson of the Parliament: Nino Burjanadze (March 24, 2004-November 25 2007); Mikheil Machavariani (acting; since November 25, 2007)

[edit] Events

March 4 - Parliamentary elections, considered illegal by Georgia and not recognized by any other country, are held in breakaway Abkhazia.
March 11 - 2007 Georgia helicopter attack incident: Georgia accuses Russian air force of shelling the Kodori Valley (Upper Abkhazia).
May 10-12 - Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007: Georgia debuts, with Sopho Khalvashi, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and finishes twelfth in the final contest.
August 7 - 2007 Georgia missile incident: Georgia accuses Russian air force of targeting a Radar installation on its territory.
August 21 - 2007 Georgia plane downing incident: conflicting accounts report a plane crash in Abkhazia, sparking a new round of accusations.
September 20 - Bokhundjara incident: Georgian Special Forces raid a military training camp in breakaway Abkhazia, killing two Russian instructors.
November 7 - 2007 Georgian demonstrations: Police breaks up the anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi; nation-wide state of emergency is declared.
November 8 - Early presidential elections are announced to be held on January 5, 2008.
November 25 - The incumbent President Mikheil Saakashvili resigns the post to rerun for the early presidential elections; the parliamentary chairperson Nino Burjanadze becomes the acting head of state.

[edit] Deaths

May 20 - Guram Sharadze (b. 1940), a Georgian historian and politician; gunned down in Tbilisi.
November 16 - Goderdzi Chokheli (b. 1954), a Georgian novelist, scriptwriter, and film director.