Governing Georgian Dream party picks loyalist known for expletive-laden speeches and tirades against LGBTQ people in ...

Kavelashvili, 53, who was the only candidate on the ballot, easily won the vote given the Georgian Dream party’s control of a ...

The vote, boycotted by opposition parties in Parliament, sets up a standoff with the sitting president and deepens turmoil in ...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has congratulated Mikheil Kavelashvili on his election as President of Georgia.

Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government ...

Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili has become president of Georgia as the ruling party tightens its grip in what the ...

Former Georgian national football team player Mikheil Kavelashvili was named the country's new president on Saturday, ...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Ex-soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili becomes Georgia's president as the ruling party consolidates power.

Former Manchester City player Mikheil Kavelashvili became president of Georgia on Saturday.

The outgoing president has been in office since 2018. She has vowed to stay on after her 6-year term ends Monday, claiming to ...

Georgia's ruling party on Saturday voted for a far-right former footballer to become president in a controversial election ...