Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has been elected as honorary chairman during the unscheduled party congress today. Ivanishvili confirmed his return to active politics during a conference of the ruling party (Georgia Dream) in Tbilisi on Saturday.
‘Exactly three years ago, I announced my decision to distance myself from active political processes to the public. Now, three years later, upon my own decision, I’m returning to political life with the status of the honorary chair of the party, said Ivanishvili Ivanishvili.
This marks his second formal (and the third after 2012) "return" to active politics after the spring of 2018 when he retook the position of party chair following a five-year hiatus from politics.
In January 2021, after securing his party’s third consecutive victory in the October 2020 parliamentary elections, Ivanishvili announced that his 'mission' was 'accomplished' and announced his retirement from politics for the second time.
Critics and Political opponents of the Georgian Dream party always consider Bidzina Ivanishvili as an informal governor and decisionmaker within the party (Georgian Dream) and political decision-making in the country itself.
