Georgia: Georgia's Saakashvili replaces reformist PM

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili named a new prime minister on Monday, saying the former Soviet state needed "new energy" to tackle fresh challenges after war with Russia in August, Reuters informed.

Saakasvhili, under pressure after the crushing military defeat, asked parliament to approve 35-year-old Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgia's Oxford-educated ambassador to Turkey, to replace the reformist Lado Gurgenidze.

Saakashvili told a televised meeting with parliamentary deputies that he and Gurgenidze had taken a "joint decision," saying constitutional amendments obliged the president to name a new prime minister after parliamentary elections held in May.

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Published by Mike Hitchen, OverallStrategy.com
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