In addition to approving legislation, the Riigikogu appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and elects (either alone or, if necessary, together with representatives of local government within a broader electoral college) the President.
The Chancellor of Justice is appointed to office by the Riigikogu (parliament) on the proposal of the President for a seven-year term.
Although in the first three rounds, there were only one candidate for the presidential election, being Ene Ergma in the first round and Toomas Hendrik Ilves in the second and third rounds, they were not elected as these candidates did not obtain the required two-thirds of the votes in the Riigikogu.
On 18 December 2007, Nugzar met with Kristiina Ojuland, the Vice-President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) at the Mariott-Tbilisi Hotel in which Ojuland "paid homage to the Bagrationi dynasty, which has made an extraordinary contribution in support of Georgia".