Nino Burjanadze
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"Nino Burjanadze" is a Georgia (country)/Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Parliament of Georgia/Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008. As the first woman she has served as the acting head of state of Georgia twice; the first time from 23 November 2003 to 25 January 2004 in the wake of Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation during the Rose Revolution, and again from 25 November 2007 to 20 January 2008, when Mikheil Saakashvili stepped down to rerun in the Georgian presidential election, 2008/early presidential elections. She withdrew into opposition to Saakashvili as the leader of the Democratic Movement – United Georgia/Democratic Movement-United Georgia party in 2008. In October 2013, she ran for president in the Georgian presidential election, 2013/October 2013 election. She ran against 22 candidates and ended third (after two men) with 10 per cent of the vote.

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