2012 in Georgia (country)

Events in the year 2012 in Georgia.

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Events

January
Obama and Saakashvili in the Oval Office. January 30, 2012.
The Oshki cathedral built by Georgians between 963 and 973 is located in northeastern Turkey.

February
The U.S. President Barack Obama visits the Georgian officer Alex Tugushi, wounded in Afghanistan, on March 2, 2012.

March
The European Union Monitoring Mission patrols the South Ossetian administration boundary line in February 2012.
The Georgian and United States military holding joint drills Agile Spirit-12 at Tbilisi in March 2012.
  • March 2 – In response to Georgia's decision to unilaterally abolish visa requirements for Russian citizens, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs says Russia is ready to reciprocate, provided Georgia revises its Law on the Occupied Territories.[19]
  • March 3 – Georgia unveils its first domestically manufactured multiple rocket launcher.[20]
  • March 4 – A Georgian police check-point at Ganmukhuri near the Abkhazian administrative boundary line comes under fire, with no casualties reported. Georgia blames the attack on the Abkhaz separatist forces, who deny the involvement.[21][22]
  • March 10 – Legislative election is held in breakaway Abkhazia, with race for most seats going into runoff held on March 24. Georgia,[23] the United States[24] and the European Union[25] refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the elections.
  • March 10 – March 24 – The Georgian Land Forces and the United States Marines conduct the joint military exercises Agile Spirit–12 on Vaziani Training Area near Tbilisi.[26]
  • March 20 – The Parliament of Georgia approves the reshuffled cabinet, with the new Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs Zurab Tchiaberashvili.[27]
  • March 20 – The opposition politician Irakli Alasania accuses the government of creating "paramilitary groups" of supporters in western Georgia ahead of the scheduled October parliamentary election, a claim dismissed by the authorities as "incomprehensible" and "irresponsible".[28]

April

May
Independence Day military parade in Kutaisi on May 26, 2012.
  • May 12 – Severe flooding hits parts of Tbilisi, resulting in five deaths and causing damage to the city's infrastructure.[33][34]
  • May 14 – Georgia submits a formal expression of interest to host the 16th UEFA European Football Championship in 2020. The bid is joined by Azerbaijan on May 25.[35]
  • May 26 – President Saakashvili opens Georgia's new parliament building in Kutaisi, where the Parliament holds its inaugural session to mark the country's Independence Day.[36]
  • May 26 – FC Dila Gori wins the 2011–12 Georgian Cup, defeating FC Zestafoni 4 – 1.
  • May 27 – Tens of thousands demonstrate in downtown Tbilisi in support of the billionaire-turned-opposition politician Bidzina Ivanishvili and his political coalition Georgian Dream.[37]
  • May 28 – Two policemen and one local resident die in shooting at a café in the town of Gali in breakaway Abkhazia. Sukhumi and Tbilisi trade accusations over the incident.[38]

June
  • June 3 – The Russian rock-band DDT concludes the Tbilisi Open Air festival, gathering nearly 80,000 people, the largest attendance for a music event in the capital of Georgia.[39]
  • June 5 – The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Georgia as part of her South Caucasian tour, focusing on the new aspects of the U.S.–Georgian security cooperation and the importance of upcoming elections in Georgia during her news conference in Batumi.[40]
  • June 21 – Georgian police seizes a large number of satellite dishes belonging to a company connected to a billionaire opposition leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili, as part of an investigation into possible vote-buying.[41]
  • June 28 – Severe floods and landslides hit the western province of Samegrelo, with no casualties reported, forcing President Saakashvili to abort his visit to Azerbaijan.[42]
  • June 30 – The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi is selected to host the 2015 UEFA Super Cup.[43]
  • June 30 – President Saakashvili names Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili as the new prime minister.[44]

July
  • July 3 – Seventy-three people are hospitalized after a chlorine leak at a water distribution company in Tbilisi's suburban neighborhood of Lilo.[45]
  • July 4 – The Parliament approves the new cabinet, with Ivane Merabishvili as Prime Minister.[46]
  • July 18 – The Machakhela National Park is inaugurated in the Machakheli valley at the border with Turkey, accompanied by the signing of the USAID-supported Georgian–Turkish "Trans-boundary Cooperation Action Plan".[47]
  • July 19 – Heavy rainfall, hail, and hurricane hit the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, inflicting severe damage to its infrastructure and agriculture.[48]

August
Georgian police in the Lopota Gorge in August 2012.

September
before
after
The Bagrati cathedral before and after reconstruction.

October
The incoming Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili meets with the U.S. Ambassador Norland at the opening of the 8th Parliament of Georgia in October 2012.
  • October 1 – Georgian parliamentary election: the opposition coalition Bidzina Ivanishvili–Georgian Dream wins majority of seats in the parliament. The incumbent United National Movement led by President Saakashvili concedes defeat.[59]
  • October 1 – Adjara legislative election: the opposition coalition Bidzina Ivanishvili–Georgian Dream wins majority of seats in the Supreme Council in autonomous Adjara.[60]
  • October 5 – The government of Georgia starts negotiations on handing over power to the Georgian Dream coalition, winner of the parliamentary election. Bidzina Ivanishvili is designated by the coalition as the incoming Prime Minister.[61][62]
  • October 8 – Brigadier General Giorgi Kalandadze is appointed Chief of Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, replacing Lieutenant General Devi Chankotadze.
  • October 12 – The Georgian defense officials announce that the total number of Georgian soldiers killed in Afghanistan rises to 18 since the country joined the NATO-led operation in November 2009.[63]
  • October 25 – Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and his government nominated by the Georgian Dream coalition are approved by the Parliament.[64]

Deaths
  • January 4 – Merab Eliozishvili, a Georgian writer and actor (born 1934).
  • January 13 – Kakha Katsitadze, a Georgian military and political analyst (born 1959).[65]
  • January 24 – Merab Megreladze, a veteran Georgian football player (FC Torpedo Kutaisi) (born 1957).[66]
  • January 25 – Zurab Kometiani, a Georgian biophysicist and cell biologist (born 1934).[67]
  • February 12 – Alexi Chincharauli, a Georgian folklorist, professor (born 1925).[68]
  • March 1 – Luiza Shakiashvili, a Georgian politician and Soviet-era dissident, member of the Parliament (1992–1995) (born 1942).[69]
  • March 7 – Ramaz Urushadze, a veteran Georgian football player (born 1939).
  • March 11 – Janri Kashia, a Georgian journalist and husband of the politician Salome Zourabichvili (born 1940).[70]
  • March 20 – Erlom Akhvlediani, a Georgian script writer (born 1933).[71]
  • May 30 – Revaz Bairamashvili, Georgian architect (born 1929).
  • April 10 – Shalva Gatserelia, Georgian theatre director (born 1931).[72]
  • May 4 – Alexander Chikvaidze, Georgian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1995) (born 1932).[73]
  • June 14 – Vano Gurgenidze, retired lieutenant-general, Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia (1992–2000) (born 1941).
  • June 20 – Ramaz Shengelia, a retired Georgian football player (born 1957).[74]
  • July 9 – Marine Iashvili, PAG, a Georgian violinist (born 1932).[75]
  • July 24 – Nino Javakhishvili, a Georgian anatomist (born 1914).[76]
  • August 3 – Giorgi Gomiashvili, a Georgian businessman and ex-Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004–2005).[77]
  • August 7 – Bondo Shalikiani, a controversial Georgian businessman and alleged mafia boss, found murdered in Minsk (born 1961).[78]
  • August 9 – Athanasius (born Anzor Chakhvashvili), a Georgian Orthodox cleric, Metropolitan Bishop of Rustavi and Marneuli (1996–2009) (born 1936).
  • December 21 – Revaz Gurgenidze, a retired Georgian major-general (born 1951).[79]

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  59. Georgia's ruling party concedes defeat in parliamentary elections. CNN News. October 3, 2012.
  60. Georgian Dream Winning Majority in Adjara's Supreme Council. Civil Georgia. October 3, 2012.
  61. Georgia’s leadership negotiates handover of power to opposition after election defeat. The Washington Post. October 5, 2012.
  62. GD, UNM Launch Power Handover Talks. Civil Georgia. October 5, 2012.
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  64. Ivanishvili Confirmed as Prime Minister. Civil Georgia. October 25, 2012.
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  75. Violinist Marine Iashvili died. Georgian Public Broadcaster. July 10, 2012.
  76. (in Georgian)გარდაიცვალა აკადემიკოსი ნინო ჯავახიშვილი. MediaNews.ge. July 24, 2012.
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  78. Who was killed in Minsk: a Georgian MP or a Russian criminal boss?. Charter97. August 7, 2012.
  79. (in Georgian) გარდაიცვალა გენერალ-მაიორი რევაზ გურგენიძე Archived 2013-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. GHN News Agency. December 21, 2012.
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