Salome Zurabishvili is the new president of Georgia 

ArmInfo. An independent candidate supported by the "Georgian Dream" Salome Zurabishvili won in the second round of the presidential elections in Georgia.

Thus, according to the data of the CEC of Georgia, from the 3,700  (99.87%) polling stations from the existing 3,705 polling stations,  Salome Zurabishvili received 59.54% of the vote.

According to preliminary data, Grigol Vashadze, another candidate  representing the united opposition - the associate of former  President Mikhail Saakashvili, received 40.46% of the vote.

According to the Central Election Commission, the voter turnout  throughout Georgia as at 8:00pm was 56.23%, in general, 1,975,845  voters. At the same time, this number does not include the activity  recorded at polling stations abroad.  As stated in the CEC, the  highest voter turnout was recorded in Keda - 72.72%, and the lowest -  in Tsalka - 43.12%. In Tbilisi, voter turnout was 55.9%. In the first  round, the total voter turnout was 46.74%. The second round was  characterized by high activity, the election process throughout the  country, mainly, was held in a calm atmosphere.  To recall, on  November 28, a second round of presidential elections took place in  Georgia, in which Salome Zurabishvili, supported by the ruling party  ''Georgian Dream'', and candidate of the  ''United National  Movemen''t  Grigol Vashadze, participated.

Zurabishvili was born Paris into a family of Georgian political  emigrants. She attended some of the most prestigious French schools,  such as Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), and  began a master's program at Columbia University in New York in the  academic year of 1972-1973, taking courses with Zbigniew Brzezinski.   In 1974-2004 she worked in the French Foreign Ministry system. In  1977-1980 she was the representative of France to the UN. From 2003  to 2004, Zurabishvili was the French Ambassador to Georgia. From 2004  to 2005, under Saakashvili, she served as the Minister of Foreign  Affairs of Georgia.  In November 2005, Zurabishvili created the  opposition "Path of Georgia" party, which took an active part in the  protests of 2007 and 2009. In November 2010, announced about leaving   Georgian politics.  In 2013 she ran for the presidency of Georgia,  but the CEC refused her registration because of her dual citizenship.

In October 2016 she was elected MP of Georgian parliament as an  independent candidate.