A former football star has become the President of Georgia as the ruling party consolidates its grip on power. Ex-Premier League striker Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, easily won the vote given the ...

On Saturday, Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former professional footballer and outspoken ... of significant political unrest in Georgia, where public anger has surged following ...

Georgia selected Mikheil Kavelashvili as its ... Kavelashvili, a former footballer and lawmaker for the ruling Georgian Dream party that won disputed parliamentary elections in October, was ...

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Georgia’s governing party has nominated far ... calling the 53-year-old former deputy and footballer “the embodiment of a Georgian man” before a vote on the mostly ceremonial position ...

A former Manchester City footballer has been appointed president by Georgia's disputed parliament, after 17 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country's towns and cities. Mikheil ...