2025 in Georgia (country)
Events in the year 2025 in Georgia.
Incumbents
- President – Mikheil Kavelashvili
- Prime Minister – Irakli Kobakhidze
- Chairperson of the Parliament – Shalva Papuashvili
Events
January
- 5 January – Five children are killed in a fire in Gali District, Abkhazia.[1]
- 13 January – Former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia is injured following an attack in Batumi.[2]
- 21 January – The World Health Organization certifies Georgia as malaria-free after no cases are reported in the past three years.[3]
February
- 9 – 16 February – 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival[4]
- 15 February – 2025 Abkhazian presidential election (first round): No candidate wins a majority of the vote in the first round, with incumbent acting president Badra Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba advancing to a runoff.[5]
March
- 1 March – 2025 Abkhazian presidential election (second round): Acting president Badra Gunba is elected president with 55% of the vote.[6]
- 12 March – Former president Mikheil Saakashvili is convicted and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for embezzling nine million laris ($3.2 million) in public funds from 2009 to 2012.[7][8]
- 17 March – Former president Mikheil Saakashvili is convicted and sentenced to another 4.5 years' imprisonment for illegally entering the country in 2021.[9]
April
- 16 April – Beka Jaiani is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of transgender actor and model Kesaria Abramidze in 2024.[10]
Holidays
- 1–2 January – New Year's Day
- 7 January – Orthodox Christmas
- 19 January – Orthodox Epiphany
- 3 March – Mother's Day
- 8 March – International Women's Day
- 9 April – Independence Restoration Day
- 3 May – Orthodox Good Friday
- 4 May – Orthodox Easter Saturday
- 5 May – Orthodox Easter Sunday
- 6 May – Orthodox Easter Monday
- 9 May – Victory Day
- 12 May – Saint Andrew the First-Called Day
- 26 May – Independence Day
- 28 August – Saint Mary's Day
- 14 October – Svetitskhoveli
- 23 November – Saint George's Day
Deaths
January
- 3 January – Niko Lekishvili, 77, politician, state minister (1995–1998), mayor of Tbilisi (1993–1995).[13]
April
- 22 April – Zurab Tsereteli, 91, sculptor[14]
References
- ^ "9 January declared national day of mourning for Saberio tragedy". 1TV. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Georgia's opposition demands probe into attack on leader Giorgi Gakharia". TVP World. 15 January 2025.
- ^ "World Health Organisation certifies Georgia as malaria-free country". agenda.ge. 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Borjomi and Bakuriani to Host European Youth Olympic Festival 2025". agenda.ge. 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Kremlin-Favored Candidate Faces Runoff in Georgia's Abkhazia". RFE/RL. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Breakaway Abkhazia's acting leader wins presidential election, state media says". Reuters. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Georgian court hands former president Saakashvili new prison term". Al Jazeera. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Saakashvili, ex-president of Georgia, gets 4 1/2 years more in jail, Interpress reports". Reuters. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison". Al Jazeera. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Man gets life in prison in killing of transgender model in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia". AP News. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Georgia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Holidays and Observances in Georgia in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "ნიკო ლეკიშვილი გარდაიცვალა" (in Georgian). 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Russian-Georgian Sculptor Tsereteli, Known for Monumental Projects, Dies at 91". US News & World Report. April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
