Deputy Interior Minister Vladimer Bortsvadze resigns

Vladimir Bortsvadze was appointed deputy interior minister in February 2019. Photo: police.ge

Agenda.ge, 03 Jul 2021 - 11:22, Tbilisi,Georgia

Deputy Interior Minister Vladimer Bortsvadze, who has served in the post since 2019, has resigned. Bortsvadze has left the post on the basis of a personal statement, Interpressnews agency reports.

Vladimir Bortsvadze was appointed deputy interior minister on February 6, 2019 when former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia served as Interior Minister.

Prior, between April 2018 and February 2019 Bortsvadze chaired the interior ministry's central criminal police department.

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