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Former Premier League footballer elected as new president of Georgia

The former Manchester City footballer is now the anti-Western president of Georgia

The Independent UK

Former Manchester City footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili elected president of Georgia

The 53-year-old, who is pro-Russian and a vocal critic of the European Union, takes office after the Georgian Dream party won a contentious election

Evening Standard

Georgia Elects Far-Right Former Soccer Star As President

Georgian lawmakers elect far-right former soccer star as president amidst mounting tensions over EU accession talks and ongoing protests in Tbilisi.

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Georgia installs former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as new president

Ex-Man City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili was only candidate in vote put to politicians rather than the people.

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Georgia Crisis Deepens As Government Set To Name Far-right President

Georgia's political crisis deepened Friday after new pro-Europe protests were announced ahead of the controversial nomination of a far-right government loyalist as president.

International Business Times

Ex-Man City Striker Set To Be Georgia's New Far-right President

Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become Tbilisi's next figurehead president in an indirect election denounced as "illegitimate" by the current pro-EU leader.

International Business Times

Escalation Feared As Georgia Pro-EU Protests Enter Third Week

Georgia's pro-EU protests entered their third week Thursday, amid fears the post-electoral crisis could further escalate with the ruling party set to appoint a loyalist as the country's next president.

International Business Times

Salome Zurabishvili: Defiant Champion Of Georgia's EU Dream

Salome Zurabishvili was a French diplomat before entering the turbulent politics of her ancestral homeland, where she was elected Georgia's first woman leader in 2018 and became the beacon of Tbilisi's EU aspirations.

International Business Times

Three and easy: which footballers have scored a hat-trick of penalties?

Plus: players scoring the highest percentage of a club’s goals, ever increasing tallies of goals in scorelines and more

The Guardian - UK

Georgia President Will Not Step Down Until 'Illegitimate' Elections Re-run: AFP

Georgia's pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili told AFP in an exclusive interview on Saturday that she will not step down until last month's contested parliamentary elections are re-run.

International Business Times

Former Manchester City striker set to become president of his country after parliamentary election

The Manchester City star made just 28 appearances during his time with the club

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Ex-Manchester City player set to become next president of Georgia

He is all but certain to win the December 14 vote by the electoral college controlled by the ruling party

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Former Man City Player Could Become Next Georgian President

Georgian former Man City player Mikheil Kavelashvili is currently leading the race to become his country's next president.

Al Jazeera

Georgia’s governing party taps pro-Russian ex-footballer for president

Mikheil Kavelashvili viewed as a shoo-in given Georgian Dream’s influence over electoral college vote.

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