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    Aslan Abashidze (Georgian: ასლან აბაშიძე; born July 20, 1938) is the former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia. He served in...
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    revolt. After the Georgian independence, Aslan Abashidze became the chairman of Ajaria's parliament. Abashidze was initially appointed by the first Georgian...
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    political crisis in Georgia's Adjaran Autonomous Republic, then led by Aslan Abashidze, who refused to obey the central authorities after President Eduard...
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  • Aslan-Beg Abashidze (Georgian: ასლან-ბეგ აბაშიძე) (1877–1924) was a Muslim Georgian nobleman and general in the service of the Democratic Republic of...
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  • singer-songwriter Aslan Abashidze (born 1938), former leader of Adjara Aslan Atem (born 1991), Turkish wrestler Aslan-Beg Abashidze (1877–1924), Muslim...
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    rulers of Adjara for the Ottoman Empire. He was a brother of general Aslan-Beg Abashidze. After Adjara was absorbed into Imperial Russia in 1878, Georgian...
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    name in 1998, having operated since 1992 under the chairmanship of Aslan Abashidze and the name "Adjaran Union for the rebirth of Georgia" ("საქართველოს...
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    When Georgia regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Aslan Abashidze was appointed head of Adjara's governing council and subsequently held...
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    2012. He assumed office on 20 July 2004, following the resignation of Aslan Abashidze—who had run the region in defiance to the central government of Georgia—during...
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    of the Adjar ASSR (1978–1990) and Adjara under Aslan Abashidze (1990–1991) Adjara under Aslan Abashidze (2000-2004) Flag of Adjara (in Georgian) Constitution...
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  • Abashidze (Georgian: აბაშიძე) is a Georgian surname. Anna Abashidze (1730–1749), Georgian princess Aslan Abashidze, Georgian politician, separatist leader...
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    in all protest activities. Shevardnadze's government was backed by Aslan Abashidze, the semi-separatist leader of the autonomous Adjara region, who sent...
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  • regionalist Democratic Revival Union of Adjara's strongman governor Aslan Abashidze. However, the government's inability to deal with deep-seated corruption...
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    Chairman of the Government of Georgia's Adjaran Autonomous Republic Aslan Abashidze from office. The Orange Revolution in Ukraine followed the disputed...
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    Gamsakhurdia appointed Aslan Abashidze as the head of Adjara's Supreme Council on March 15, 1991, with the hope that Abashidze would support the cancellation...
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    2000 and July 2004, a different flag was used by the government of Aslan Abashidze. The blue background represents the Black Sea, while the seven stars...
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    joining the EU, the highest number recorded for years. In Adjara, leader Aslan Abashidze was forced to resign in May 2004 following the Rose Revolution. EU...
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  • his party formed an alliance with the authoritarian leader of Adjara Aslan Abashidze and he was elected to a second term as MP in 1999, during which he...
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    Shevardnadze's regime. Following the coup and armed clashes in western Georgia, Aslan Abashidze, the leader of southwestern autonomous province of Adjara, closed an...
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    authorities. At this period, the leader of the autonomous republic was Aslan Abashidze, whose authoritarian ruling ended after the Adjara’s Rose Revolution...
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  • made a key donation to the Democratic Party. Loutchansky is close to Aslan Abashidze who is fiercely opposed to Eduard Shevardnadze. In 1989 the U.S. Justice...
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  • ("Our Adjara"), which opposed the regime of the Adjarian strongman Aslan Abashidze. In February 2004 he became a member of the Parliament of Georgia and...
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    Opposition David Gamkrelidze 7.74 23 SLP Shalva Natelashvili 6.14 4 DAK Aslan Abashidze 3.95 6 For a New Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze – 19 Abkhazians – – 10...
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  • the Rodhams' local business connection in Batumi turned out to be Aslan Abashidze, a major political opponent of Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze...
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    occupation. He joined the Democratic Union for Revival party led by Aslan Abashidze in January 2004, but soon after left the organization's ranks. He joined...
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    Georgian government and semi-separatist Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze deteriorated rapidly, with Abashidze rejecting Saakashvili's demands for the writ of the...
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    the NYT included Askar Akayev, formerly the president of Kyrgyzstan, Aslan Abashidze of Adjara, and the wife and family members of Slobodan Milošević. After...
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    Autonomous Republic of Adjara run by an authoritarian regional leader, Aslan Abashidze, who largely ignored the central Georgian government and was viewed...
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    % Seats +/– For a New Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze 22.10 57 −74 DAK Aslan Abashidze 19.54 39 −19 UNM Mikheil Saakashvili 18.74 42 New SLP Shalva Natelashvili...
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  • Arzen Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Aslan Abashidze – this former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western...
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