President names Giorgi Kvirikashvili as Prime Minister
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The President of Georgia has named Acting Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili for the role again in the new Government of Georgia.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili issued a relevant decree late yesterday stating Kvirikashvili was his pick for Prime Minister of Georgia.
Based on Georgian legislation, the Parliamentary majority must name a Prime Minister candidate and the President will also nominate his choice for the role.
It is expected the Parliamentary majority will support Kvirikashvili as the country's Prime Minister.
The ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party gained 115 seats in the 150-member legislative body in last month’s Parliamentary Elections and formed a majority.
The new Parliament has already elected its Speaker, Vice Speakers, formed majority, minority and factions, as well as Parliamentary committees.
One of the members of the ruling party Kakha Kaladze announced the Prime Minister nominee will present a new Cabinet of Ministers next week and the legislative body will vote for them.
Kvirikashvili and the new ministers will need the support of at least 76 lawmakers to be officially confirmed.
Kvirikashvili was Prime Minister of Georgia for about a year after being appointed on December 30, 2015 when ex-Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stepped down.
This afternoon a short time after the country's new lawmakers elected Irakli Kobakhidze as the new Speaker of Parliament, the legislative body voted for who it wanted as Vice Speakers of Parliament.
The country's new lawmakers have elected a new Speaker of Parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party.
Today in Kutaisi at the first meeting of the country's new Parliament, the majority, minority and five factions have been formed in the new Parliament of Georgia.
The country's new Parliament have met today for the first time since being elected through last month's Parliamentary Elections. President Giorgi Margvelashvili addressed the new lawmakers and spoke of the importance of deepening ties between the executive and legislative governments of Georgia.
Acting Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili will hold a briefing today to name his nominees for the country's new Cabinet of Ministers. Kvirikashvili will make his statement at 2pm this afternoon.
Ready for Parliament vote
There are three new names in the new Cabinet of Ministers of Georgia, and one official has switched from one ministry to another. A short time ago Georgia’s Acting Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili presented the proposed new Cabinet.
Out of Georgia’s 18-member Cabinet, 14 ministers remained the same, one had switched from one ministry to another and three ministers were new. Learn more about the new names in Georgia’s Cabinet below.
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