Incumbents

• President of Georgia: Mikheil Saakashvili (January 25, 2004-November 25, 2007); Nino Burjanadze (acting; since November 25, 2007)
• Prime Minister: Zurab Noghaideli (February 17, 2005-November 16, 2007); Lado Gurgenidze (since November 22, 2007)
• Chairperson of the Parliament: Nino Burjanadze (March 24, 2004-November 25, 2007); Mikheil Machavariani (acting; since November 25, 2007)

Events

• March 4 - Parliamentary elections, considered illegal by Georgia and not recognized by any other country, are held in breakaway Abkhazia.
• March 11 - 2007 Georgia helicopter attack incident: Georgia accuses Russian air force of shelling the Kodori Valley (Upper Abkhazia).
• May 10 12 - Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007: Georgia debuts, with Sopho Khalvashi, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and finishes twelfth in the final contest.
• August 7 - 2007 Georgia missile incident: Georgia accuses Russian air force of targeting a Radar installation on its territory.
• August 21 - 2007 Georgia plane downing incident: conflicting accounts report a plane crash in Abkhazia, sparking a new round of accusations.
• September 20 - Bokhundjara incident: Georgian Special Forces raid a military training camp in breakaway Abkhazia, killing two Russian instructors.
• November 7 - 2007 Georgian demonstrations: Police breaks up the anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi; nation-wide state of emergency is declared.
• November 8 - Early presidential elections are announced to be held on January 5, 2008.
• November 25 - The incumbent President Mikheil Saakashvili resigns the post to rerun for the early presidential elections; the parliamentary chairperson Nino Burjanadze becomes the acting head of state.

Deaths

• May 20 - Guram Sharadze (b. 1940), a Georgian historian and politician; gunned down in Tbilisi.
• November 16 - Goderdzi Chokheli (b. 1954), a Georgian novelist, scriptwriter, and film director.

See also

• List of '2007 in' articles

References

• 2007 Timeline. Civil Georgia.