Ivanishvili names members of new Georgian government

10:25, 08.10.2012 1 min read

Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream coalition that won the parliamentary election on October 1, named members of the new government at a Monday press briefing.

Irakli Garibashvili was nominated for Interior Minister, Irakli Alasania for Vice Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Maya Pandzhikidze for Foreign Minister, Teya Tsulukiani for Justice Minister, Paata Zakareishvili for State Minister for Reintegration, Alexei Petriashvili for State Minister for European Integration, Kakha Kaladze for Vice Prime Minister, Regional Development and Infrastructure Minister, Amiran Gamkrelidze for Health and Social Affairs Minister, Sozar Subari for Corrections and Legal Assistance Minister, Levan Kipiani for Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Guram Odisharia for Culture and Monument Protection Minister, Konstantin Surguladze for State Minister for Diaspora Issues, and David Kirvalidze for Agriculture Minister.

David Usupashvili was nominated for Parliament Speaker, and Archil Kbilashvili for Prosecutor General.

Ivanishvili said that candidates for other ministerial positions would be named within days.