Friday, December 5, 2025

Ivanishvili picks Margvelashvili as candidate for president

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Giorgi Margvelashvili looks likely to become Georgia’s next president, if the latest poll is correct. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition has chosen Minister of Education Giorgi Margvelashvili as its candidate for president in the upcoming election.

“Giorgi Margvelashvili has all good skills to be a president,” Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said at

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Georgia's next president is being selected

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Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says he knows ‘almost for certain’ who the Georgian Dream coalition will pick for presidential candidate. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of the two main political blocs in Georgia are discussing who might be their candidate for the presidential election in October, 2013. Both plan to hold a ballot to select their candidate.

In a recent survey conducted by the National

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Ivanishvili intensifies search for presidential candidate

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Bidzina Ivanishvili’s coalition is searching for a candidate for president. Defense Minister Irakli Alasania (left) has been mentioned as a strong contender. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition will name its candidate for president next week.

At the end of the week, the coalition’s council will decide who will represent it in the upcoming presidential election.

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Tuesday

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Ivanishvili demoted Alasania to end speculation

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili doesn’t want speculation about a possible presidential run for Defense Minister Irakli Alasania in October, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says the reason he removed Defense Minister Irakli Alasania from his post as vice prime minister was to end speculation in Alasania’s party about making him a candidate for president.

The prime minister

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Alasania to focus on defense

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Irakli Alasania is no longer vice prime minister, only defense minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has relieved Defense Minister Irakli Alasania of his additional responsibilities as vice prime minister.

The press office of the PM says a decree was issued January 21 and that Ivanishvili will explain

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Alasania not a candidate for president

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Defense Minister Irakli Alasania in the funeral of Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze Jan. 5, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says the Georgian Dream coalition has had ‘an awkward discussion’ about selecting a candidate for the presidential election, but he doesn’t consider himself a candidate, as he feels responsibility for the post he

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Saakashvili's successor will win: new poll

Christian Democrats leader Giorgi Targamadze is a more trusted opposition leader than newcomer Bidzina Ivanishvili, according to a poll published by the International Republican Institute, which is affiliated with the U.S. Republican party. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new poll shows that no matter who is nominated to suceed Mikheil Saakashvili, his party will win the next Georgian presidential election.

A poll by the International Republican Institute shows that Saakashvili’s National Movement party still has

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