Round Table—Free Georgia

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Round Table—Free Georgia მრგვალი მაგიდა - თავისუფალი საქართველო
Leader	Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Founded	May 1990 (1990-05)
Dissolved	1993
Headquarters	Tbilisi
Ideology	Georgian nationalism National conservatism Christian democracy
Political position	Third Position
Politics of Georgia Political parties Elections

Round Table—Free Georgia (Georgian: მრგვალი მაგიდა — თავისუფალი საქართველო, romanized: mrgvali magida — tavisupali sakartvelo) was an alliance of political parties led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia. It played decisive role in the restoration of independence of Georgia.

On 11–13 May 1990 Georgian political parties involved in the ″national movement″ with a goal of restoration of independence of Georgia and secession from Soviet Union held conference in Tbilisi. Pro-Gamsakhurdia parties established alliance Round Table—Free Georgia, while others joined the . In October 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. 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 the Supreme Council. After the death of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and defeat in civil war the alliance dissolved.

List of parties[]

• (Georgian: საქართველოს ჰელსინკის კავშირი, sakartvelos helsink’is k’avshiri)
• All-Georgian Society of St. Ilia II the Righteous (Georgian: სრულიად საქართველოს წმინდა ილია მართლის საზოგადოება, sruliad sakartvelos ts’minda ilia martlis sazogadoeba)
• All-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)

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