This man is Giorgi Margvelashvili, the new president of Georgia. Being a former education minister, Margvelashvili managed to take more than 60% of the votes. He’s taken office as the fourth president of Georgia for a five-year term, after swearing in before parliament on Sunday.

Members of the ruling team believe that the inauguration marks the beginning of a new stage. They say that Georgian political spectrum is now united and there will be no more confrontation between the government and the president.

Neither former president Mikheil Saakashvili nor his United National Movement party members attended the ceremony. The main opposition group says they could not participate in the inauguration ceremony, when their co-fighters and supporters are subjected to political persecution.

Supporters of the Labor Party’s presidential candidate went even further. They staged a rally to protest what they called fraudulent voting results of the elections.

It’s the first time that a new president in Georgia has come to power through elections after his predecessor served his full term. Yet, the new president is no longer the country’s most powerful political figure. The oath-taking ceremony marks entry into force of a new constitution, which significantly cuts presidential powers at the expense of increasing prime ministerial authority.