Round Table—Free Georgia ( ka, მრგვალი მაგიდა — თავისუფალი საქართველო, tr) was an alliance of political parties led by

Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr; russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1 ...

. It played decisive role in the restoration of independence of Georgia. The alliance traces its origins to the Georgian independence movement of the 1980s. On 11–13 March 1990 several Georgian political organizations with the aim of secession from

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held conference in Tbilisi to create coordinating body for the independence movement. Soon pro-Gamsakhurdia parties established alliance Round Table—Free Georgia, calling for a peaceful transition to independence through participation in the official elections, while others opted to set their own elections for an alternative legislative body, the

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. In October 1990 the Round Table—Free Georgia took part in the first multiparty parliamentary elections in Soviet Georgia, receiving 53,99% of the overall votes and gaining majority in the Supreme Council. The alliance managed to declare independence of Georgia on 9 April 1991.

was elected as a first-ever president of Georgia on 26 May 1991. Soon Georgia was dragged into the

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polic ...

between pro- and anti-Gamsakhurdia forces, which Zviad Gamsakhurdia forced to flee in January 1992. The Supreme Council ceased functioning and some of its members took part in the subsequent military actions. In September 1993 the Round Table—Free Georgia members gathered in

Zugdidi Zugdidi ( ka, ზუგდიდი; xmf, ზუგდიდი or ზუგიდი) is a city in the western Georgian historical province of Samegrelo (Mingrelia). It is situated in the north-west of that province. The city is located 318 kilom ...

to re-establish the Supreme Council. After the death of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and defeat in civil war the alliance dissolved.

List of parties

* Georgian Helsinki Group ( ka, საქართველოს ჰელსინკის კავშირი, sakartvelos helsink’is k’avshiri) * All-Georgian Society of St. Ilia II the Righteous ( ka, სრულიად საქართველოს წმინდა ილია მართლის საზოგადოება, sruliad sakartvelos ts’minda ilia martlis sazogadoeba) * All-Georgian Society of Merab Kostava ( ka, სრულიად საქართველოს მერაბ კოსტავას საზოგადოება, sruliad sakartvelos merab k’ost’avas sazogadoeba) *

Union of Georgian Traditionalists The Union of Georgian Traditionalists ( ka, ქართველ ტრადიციონალისტთა კავშირი) was a national political organization of the Georgian Political Emigration in the 1930s, established in 1942 ...

( ka, ქართველ ტრადიციონალისტთა კავშირი, kartvel t’raditsionalist’ta k’avshiri) * Georgian National Front — Radical Union ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული ფრონტი-რადიკალური კავშირი, sakartvelos erovnuli pront’i-radik’aluri k’avshiri) * Georgian National–Liberal Union ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნულ-ლიბერალური კავშირი, sakartvelos erovnul-liberaluri k’avshiri) * Georgian Christian–National Party ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნულ-ქრისტიანული პარტია, sakartvelos erovnul-krist’ianuli p’art’ia)

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

Presidential election

References

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