World & Nation
No longer welcome in his native Georgia, which has stripped him of citizenship, former President Mikheil Saakashvili vowed Monday to remain in his adopted homeland of Ukraine and fight its “oligarchic” political elite.
Sept. 11, 2017
President-elect Mikheil Saakashvili won 96% of the vote, and hopes for him are so high that some analysts fear they can only be crushed.
Jan. 11, 2004
Even Mikheil Saakashvili expresses reservations about the parties’ overwhelming showing in the parliamentary elections.
March 29, 2004
Mikheil Saakashvili, 36, who was educated in the U.S., was a leader in a November uprising.
Jan. 5, 2004
There was a time when Mikheil Saakashvili was seen as the West’s great hope for reform in the former Soviet Union.
July 28, 2017
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s pro-Western ruling party emerged from parliamentary balloting with a majority of seats, but election observers gave the vote a mixed report and the opposition refused to concede.
May 23, 2008
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili took charge of the Adzharia region Thursday, securing its port and pledging to entrench democracy there with new elections.
May 7, 2004
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili named a new prime minister, saying the former Soviet state needed “new energy” to tackle fresh challenges after the war with Russia in August.
Oct. 28, 2008
When former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was appointed governor of the Odessa region in May, Ukraine’s president and fawning media hailed the brash, Western-educated reformer as the new sheriff in town who would clean up the Black Sea port’s legendary corruption.
Nov. 24, 2015
The government lifted a nine-day state of emergency and President Mikheil Saakashvili appointed a new prime minister, banker Lado Gurgenidze.
Nov. 17, 2007