2008 in Georgia (country)

none October 2025 2008 Incumbents President of Georgia: Nino Burjanadze (acting; November 25, 2007)-January 20, 2008; Mikheil Saakashvili (January 20, 2008 – 17, November 2013) Prime Minister: Lado Gurgenidze (since November 22, 2007) Chairperson of the Parliament: Mikheil Machavariani (acting; since November 25, 2007); Nino Burjanadze (January 20, 2008 – June 7, 2008), David Bakradze (June 7, 2008 – present) Events January 5 – 2008 Georgian presidential election: Mikheil Saakashvili is re-elected as President of Georgia for his second term. January 5 – A majority of voters favor to bring 2008 Georgian legislative election to spring 2008 in a binding referendum. January 5 – A majority of voters express their support to Georgia's bid to join NATO in a non-binding referendum. January 31 - The incoming Cabinet of Georgia wins a vote of confidence in the Parliament of Georgia. April 20 – A crisis in relations with Russia deepens after a Russian fighter jet downs a Georgian unmanned unarmed aerial vehicle over Abkhazia. May 21 – Georgia holds a parliamentary election won by Saakashvili's United National Movement. May 24 – Georgian singer Diana Gurtskaya finishes 11th at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Scheduled October 4 – Elections to the Supreme Council of Adjara. Deaths January 6 – Guram Lortkipanidze, film actor (born 1930). January 9 - Mikheil Kavtaradze, formerly an anti-Soviet émigré politician and author (born 1907). January 16 – Prince Jorge de Bagration, the Head of the Royal House of Georgia and claimant to the throne of Georgia (born 1944). February 2 - Givi Mizandari, sculptor (born 1932). February 13 - Badri Patarkatsishvili, tycoon and politician (born 1955) March 2 – Sofiko Chiaureli, theatre and film actress (born 1937) March 11 – Anna Kalandadze, poet (born 1924) May 24 – Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1933) August 7 – Vakhushti Kotetishvili, Iranist and folklorist (born 1935) See also List of '2008 in' articles 2008 2008 in Category:Years of the 21st century in Georgia (country) Georgia Georgia