{"id":601,"name":"Bidzina Ivanishvili","notes":"De facto leader of Georgia despite honorary title. US/EU have considered sanctions. Rare public appearances — April 29 2024 speech analytically significant as explicit authorization with electoral purpose stated.","country":"Georgia","website":"","category":"Government Official","incidents":[],"entity_type":"Senior Official","registry_id":"ACT-GEO-001","youtube_url":"","campaign_ids":["GEO-CAMP-001"],"registry_ids":["ACT-GEO-001"],"campaign_role":"Georgian Dream founder; honorary chairman (de facto leader). Primary authorization actor for GEO-CAMP-001. April 29 2024 speech explicitly states goal: \"exhaust the political opposition before elections.\" Strong economic and political ties to Russia. Parallel to Dodik (BiH): de facto leader operating through formal role subordinate to actual power.","twitter_handle":"","mentioned_incident_ids":["GEO-001"],"mentioned_response_ids":[]}