Harvard graduate appointed new Gov’t representative for eastern Kakheti region
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday met with Giorgi Aladashvili, the newly appointed Government representative in eastern Kakheti region. Photo: the Georgian Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday met with Giorgi Aladashvili, the newly appointed Government representative in eastern Kakheti region tasked with coordinating the implementation of “regional policy and individual measures” of the local self-government reform, the Government Administration said.
The two officials reviewed ongoing and pending regional projects, with the meeting also attended by Irakli Shioshvili, the former Government representative for the region, and Leri Barnabishvili, the head of the Regional Relations Department in the Government Administration.
Georgian PM has wished Aladashvili sucess in his future endeavours. Photo: Government Administration press office.
Having previously held a number of high-ranking positions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Security Service of Georgia, Aladashvili has a Master’s degree in law from Harvard University, a leading higher educational institution in the United States.
The government initiative of launching a previously announced employment programme that will replace social benefits with jobs for up to 200,000 citizens will commence on March 1, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at the government meeting on Monday.
Eastern Georgia’s winemaking region of Kakheti will benefit from over 500 infrastructure projects worth ₾96 million (about $31m/€30m), the Ministry of Infrastructure revealed on Wednesday.
Recently announced large-scale infrastructure projects and public employment programme, as well as ongoing energy projects, were discussed in a meeting of the Georgian Government’s Economic Council, led by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili visited the infrastructure projects in the country’s winemaking Kakheti region on Saturday.
Hundreds of infrastructure projects worth ₾120 million (about $42.48 mln) are underway in eastern Georgia’s region of Kakheti, deputy infrastructure minister Ilia Begiashvili said on Tuesday.