He was nominated as Georgia's Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs on March 15, 2012, and approved by the Parliament of Georgia on March 20, 2012.

On September 16, 2005, Tchiaberashvili was approved by the Parliament of Georgia as Georgia's permanent representative to the Council of Europe ( CoE ), a position which made him involved in diplomatic battles following the August 2008 Russian – Georgian war.

On March 15, 2012, he was nominated as Georgia's Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs, and approved by the Parliament of Georgia on March 20, 2012.

Following the passage of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament, in 1775 Jones helped form Georgia's Provincial Congress.

Consideration of replacing Georgia's republic with some form of constitutional monarchy has become part of the Georgian political debate since the Georgian Orthodox primate and other leading Georgians suggested the idea in 2007.

Georgia's Way has said it intends to have candidates for all the seats in Georgia's upcoming local elections, with Zourabichvili hoping to become Tbilisi Mayor.

Georgia's economy has traditionally revolved around Black Sea tourism, cultivation of citrus fruits, tea and grapes ; mining of manganese and copper ; and output of a big industrial sector producing wine, metals, machinery, chemicals, and textiles.

This 3, 143-foot peak, located between Helen and Cleveland, is dramatically rimmed by sheer cliffs and has the distinction of being the highest point on Georgia's Piedmont Plateau.

The county sits firmly within Georgia's coastal plain region and has predominantly sedimentary rock and red and yellow clays.

Echols County has become notable in recent years as it has served as a place of banishment for many of Georgia's criminals.

The school also has competitive MIAA Division I athletics, having won several state titles in different sports and given rise to former major league pitcher Brian Rose and former North Carolina Tar Heel basketball player Jess Gaspar along with UCONN Football star Jordan Todman and Georgia's Arthur Lynch.

However, discoveries of the Africanized bees in southern Louisiana indicate this subspecies has penetrated this barrier, In October 2010, a 73-year-old man was killed by a swarm of Africanized honey bees while clearing brush on his south Georgia property, as determined by Georgia's Department of Agriculture.

Shevardnadze has taken much of the credit for Georgia's economic performance under his rule.

The University has seen its academic reputation rise markedly since Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program was started in 1993.

Georgia's men's lacrosse team has won the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference three times, in 1998, 2007, and 2008, and received an automatic bid to the MCLA national tournament ; while the women's team earned an at-large bid to the WDIA National Tournament in 2007.

According to a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association, New Mexico has the best-designed flag of any U. S. state, U. S. territory, or Canadian province, while Georgia's 2001 – 2003 state flag was rated the worst design.

In the late 2007, concerned with Georgia's declining birth rate, Ilia II offered to personally baptize any child born to a family that already has at least two children, as long as the new child was to be born after his announcement.

Georgia's flag was named the worst, but has since been changed, and Nebraska's flag was named second worst.

He has also criticized the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mission in the region on several occasions, accusing the organization of bias and likening its activities to " of Georgia's secret services ".

However, despite most past big games being played at Legion Field, Bryant – Denny Stadium has hosted many memorable games, such as the 1994 shootout between Alabama's Jay Barker and Georgia's Eric Zeier, Marvin Constant's goal-line stop against LSU quarterback Josh Booty as time expired in 1999, Tyrone Prothro's reception over the back of Southern Miss defensive back Jasper Faulk in 2005, a 31 – 3 victory over No. 5 Florida in 2005, the Roman Harper-forced fumble against Tennessee in 2005 that helped the Tide to victory, Alabama's 36-0 shutout victory against Auburn in 2008 thus breaking the six-game losing streak and first ever Iron Bowl victory in Bryant – Denny Stadium, and Terrence Cody's field goal block against Tennessee as time expired in 2009.

Unlike Georgia's Interstate highways, the highway still has actual sequential exit numbers, rather than being mile-log.

Illarionov has questioned the official Russian version of the Russian-Georgian war over Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Jekyll Island has proved to be one of Georgia's greatest assets as a year round resort area.

Castillo de San Marcos has withtood siege by British forces led by the governor of the Carolina Colony James Moore, in 1702 and Georgia's colonial governor James Oglethorpe in 1740.

She has been a regular board two for Georgia's Women's Olympiad team and helped them reclaim the gold medal at Dresden in 2008, scoring a very useful 7 / 10.

In presidential races, Georgia has not given its electoral college votes to the Republican candidate only four times since 1964: in 1968, segregationist George Wallace won a plurality of Georgia's votes on the American Independent Party ticket ; former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter won his home state by landslide margins in 1976 and 1980 ; and then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won a plurality of votes in 1992 against incumbent Republican George H. W. Bush and Independent Ross Perot.

Furthermore, it is spoken by thousands of members of the Abkhazian diaspora in Turkey, Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara, Syria, Jordan and several Western countries.

Abkhaz is also spoken by members of the large Abkhaz Muhajir diaspora, which is mainly located in Turkey with smaller groups living in Syria, Iraq and Jordan ; Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara ; throughout the former USSR ( e. g. Armenia and the Ukraine ) and through more recent remigration in Western countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and the United States.

Colquitt is the home of Georgia's Folk Life Play, Swamp Gravy, a theatrical production which brings in audience members from across the country.

Furthermore, four prominent remaining Blue Dogs, Dennis Cardoza of California, Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Mike Ross of Arkansas, and Heath Shuler of North Carolina have announced their retirement ; one member, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, is running for Senate ( partially due to Republican redistricting efforts ); and more members, such as North Carolina's Mike McIntyre as well as Georgia's John Barrow, have been or will be targeted by Republicans in redistricting efforts.

A former NGO activist, he became directly involved in Georgia's politics in 1999 and emerged as one of the government's most influential members after the 2003 Rose Revolution, especially as Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs ( December 28, 2004 – July 4, 2012 ).

On February 16, 2009, Alasania held a press conference, naming members of his group and declared his vision for Georgia's political and economic future.

Governor Sonny Perdue, members of Georgia's Congressional delegation and state legislature, as well as local dignitaries including Chairman Sam Olens and Commissioner Bob Ott, were on hand for the event.

Vienna is perhaps known best as home of the Big Pig Jig, the Southeast's largest and Georgia's oldest and official barbecue cooking contest.

During the years, she became known as a supporter of pro-Western values and proponent of Georgia's integration with NATO and the European Union.

The University of Georgia's athletic department counts a 1904 match its football squad played against a team from a school known as the University of Florida.

He established his own political party in 1992, known variously as the Union of Democratic Revival or the Union for Georgia's Rebirth.

These families settled in the region, bringing agricultural innovations and a kind of watermelon known as " Georgia's rattlesnake ".

Georgia's electric chair, known as " Old Sparky ", located at Reidsville State Prison was installed in 1924 following the state's abolition of hanging and was the sole method of execution in Georgia until October 25, 2001.

Akhaltsikhe (, literally new castle ; also known as Lomisa ) is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region ( mkhare ) of Samtskhe-Javakheti.

The Kodori Valley ( also known as the Kodori Gorge, ; ; ) is a river valley in Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway autonomous republic.

Majandra Delfino ( born Maria Alejandra Delfino ; February 20, 1981 ) is an Alma Award-nominated Venezuelan-American actress and singer best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on the television series Roswell and Georgia's best friend, Jo Pye on the State of Georgia.

Among the Junior Miss participants in this decade who would become well known were Georgia's Julie Moran, who would anchor the syndicated TV program " Entertainment Tonight " and 1986 Junior Miss Debra Messing of Rhode Island, whose acting career led to earning one of the leading roles in the sitcom " Will & Grace ".