The ruling Georgian Dream party candidate for the prime minister’s post, Irakli Kobakhidze, on Friday unveiled the proposed composition of his Cabinet at the Parliament Bureau session.
The only change in the government’s lineup concerns the Ministry of Defence, where Juansher Burchuladze will be succeeded by Irakli Chikovani, the GD MP, while the outgoing minister is expected to assume the post of the country’s ambassador to NATO.
The proposed government lineup is as follows:
Minister of Culture and Sports: Thea Tsulukiani
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development: Levan Davitashvili
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ilia Darchiashvili
Minister of Finance: Lasha Khutsishvili
Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure: Irakli Karseladze
Minister of Justice: Rati Bregadze
Minister of Internal Affairs: Vakhtang Gomelauri
Minister of Defence: Irakli Chikovani
Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture: Otar Shamugia
Minister of Education, Science, and Youth Affairs: Giorgi Amilakhvari
Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Health, and Social Protection: Zurab Azarashvili
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality: Thea AkhvledianiKobakhidze also introduced the government programme titled “For the Construction of the European State” to the parliament.
Kobakhidze, the incumbent chair of the GD and the former Parliament Speaker, was on Thursday nominated for the post, while outgoing PM Irakli Kobnakhidze assumed the post of the party’s chairman.
