Georgia's former PM Irakli Garibashvili nominated for premiership
The Georgian Dream ruling party has nominated Defense Minister Irakli Garibashvili, 39, for the premiership earlier today, following the resignation of Giorgi Gakharia, Agenda.ge reported. The source reminds dhis is the second time the Georgian Dream has nominated Garibashvili for the premiership.
Initially he served as PM between November 2013 and December 2015. He was the second PM under the Georgian Dream leadership, replacing the founder of the party Bidzina Ivanishvili in the role.
In his resignation address in 2015 Garibashvili said that‘posts are temporary. The only thing permanent is God and the homeland. So I have decided today to leave my post.’
Garibashvili returned to Georgian politics in March 2019 as the political secretary of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party.
In September 2019 he was appointed the country’s defence minister and continued in the role after the 2020 parliamentary elections.