2002 in Georgia (country)
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| See also: | Other events of 2002 List of years in Georgia (country) | ||||
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Incumbents
- President of Georgia: Eduard Shevardnadze
- State Minister: Avtandil Jorbenadze
- Chairperson of the Parliament: Nino Burjanadze
Events
- January 15 – Georgian police forces under the personal supervision of Interior Minister Koba Narchemashvili launch the first phase of anti-criminal operation in the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia's border with Chechnya.
- March 2 – Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia holds parliamentary election, not recognized by the international community as legal.
- April 2 – Georgia agrees to withdraw its Defense Ministry troops from Kodori Gorge, the only part of Abkhazia more or less under the control of Georgia.
- April 25 – The 4.8 mb Tbilisi earthquake shook the area with a maximum MSK intensity of VII–VIII (Very strong – Damaging), causing 5–6 deaths and 52–70 injuries. Damage was estimated at $160–350 million.
- May 27 – The United States-sponsored Train-and-Equip program launched in the Georgian armed forces.
- June 2 – Georgia holds the second local self-governance elections.
- August 19 – President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze announces the start of an all-out "anti-criminal and counterterrorist operation" in the Pankisi Gorge.
- August 23 – Russian fighter jets bomb the Georgian villages bordering Chechnya, killing one and injuring several civilians; the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Observers Mission to Georgia officially confirms the fact, but the Russian authorities reject it.
- October 14 – President Shevardnadze and Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II sign a constitutional agreement between the state and the Georgian Orthodox Church at the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.
- November 22 – President Shevardnadze makes an official bid for NATO accession at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council session in Prague.
- December 3 – Georgia ratifies the construction of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline.
Deaths
- February 25 – Nugzar Sajaia, Georgian National Security Council secretary (born 1942); suicide.
- May 19 – Otar Lordkipanidze, archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1930), natural causes.
- December 19 – Kote Makharadze, a popular actor and sportscaster (born 1925); cerebrovascular disease.
- November 20 – Kakhi Asatiani, businessman and former soccer star (born 1947); assassinated.
References
- Timeline 2002. Civil Georgia. Accessed on February 11, 2008.
