Round Table—Free Georgia
Round Table—Free Georgia (Georgian: მრგვალი მაგიდა — თავისუფალი საქართველო) was an alliance of political parties led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia. It played decisive role in the restoration of independence of Georgia.
Round Table—Free Georgia მრგვალი მაგიდა - თავისუფალი საქართველო | |
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| Leader | Zviad Gamsakhurdia |
| Founded | May 1990 |
| Dissolved | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi |
| Ideology | Georgian nationalism National conservatism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
On 11–13 May 1990 Georgian political parties involved in National Liberation Movement held conference in Tbilisi. Pro-Gamsakhurdia parties established alliance Round Table—Free Georgia, while others joined the National Congress. In October the Round Table—Free Georgia took part in the first free parliamentary elections in Soviet Georgia, receiving 53,99% votes and gaining majority in Supreme Council.
The alliance managed to declare independence of Georgia on 9 April 1991. Zviad Gamsakhurdia was elected as a first-ever president of Georgia on 26 May 1991. Soon Georgia was dragged into the Civil War between Pro- and Anti-Gamsakhurdia forces, which saw 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 to re-establish Georgian Supreme Council. After the death of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and defeat in Civil War the alliance dissolved.
List of parties
- Georgian Helsinki Group (Georgian: საქართველოს ჰელსინკის კავშირი, sakartvelos helsink’is k’avshiri)
- St. Elijah Society — Righteous Society of Georgia (Georgian: სრულიად საქართველოს წმინდა ილია მართლის საზოგადოება, sruliad sakartvelos ts’minda ilia martlis sazogadoeba)
- Georgian society of Merab Kostava (Georgian: სრულიად საქართველოს მერაბ კოსტავას საზოგადოება, sruliad sakartvelos merab k’ost’avas sazogadoeba)
- Union of Georgian Traditionalists (Georgian: ქართველ ტრადიციონალისტთა კავშირი, kartvel t’raditsionalist’ta k’avshiri)
- Georgian National Front — Radical Union (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული ფრონტი-რადიკალური კავშირი, sakartvelos erovnuli pront’i-radik’aluri k’avshiri)
- Georgian National–Liberal Union (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნულ-ლიბერალური კავშირი, sakartvelos erovnul-liberaluri k’avshiri)
- Georgian Christian–National Party (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნულ-ქრისტიანული პარტია, sakartvelos erovnul-krist’ianuli p’art’ia)
