Mikheil Kavelashvili
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| Born | 22 July 1971 |
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Mikheil Kavelashvili is a Georgian politician and former professional footballer. He was proclaimed the sixth President of Georgia after the 2024 presidential election, which was boycotted and disputed by the opposition, as well as some of the international community. He was the sole candidate on the ballot.[1]
As a football player, Kavelashvili was a striker who notably played in the English Premier League for Manchester City and in the Swiss Super League for a range of clubs. He also played for Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak Vladikavkaz. He was capped 46 times by the Georgian national football team, scoring nine goals.
Kavelashvili was first elected in parliament in the 2016 election for the ruling Georgian Dream party. In 2022 he co-founded People's Power, a satellite party of Georgian Dream. His election as president was assessed as "illegitimate" by the opposition, outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili, watchdog organisations and constitutional experts. It was the first time in Georgia's independent history that only one party was represented in a presidential election.[2]
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