Georgia’s new Government takes power from today

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili (R) and Vice Prime Minister, Finance Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili smile at each other as Parliament approves the new Government. Photo by the PM's press office.

Agenda.ge, 28 Nov 2016 - 11:16, Tbilisi,Georgia

From today Georgia officially has a new Government.

This morning Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili signed a decree appointing his ministerial nominees as Ministers.

This means Georgia’s new Cabinet, which received Parliament’s vote of confidence on November 26, officially took power.

The new Cabinet of Georgia, led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, consists of 18 Ministers:

Dimitry Kumsishvili - First Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
Kakha Kaladze – Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Energy
Giorgi Gakharia – Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
Mikheil Janelidze - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Levan Izoria - Minister of Defence
Thea Tsulukiani - Minister of Justice
Giorgi Mghebrishvili - Minister of Internal Affairs
Kakha Kakhishvili - Minister of Corrections
David Sergeenko - Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs
Aleksandre Jejelava - Minister of Education and Science
Levan Davitashvili - Minister of Agriculture
Sozar Subari - Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees
Zurab Alavidze - Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure
Mikheil Giorgadze - Minister of Culture and Monument Protection
Tariel Khechikashvili - Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs
Gigla Agulashvili - Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
Viktor Dolidze - State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili - State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality