The incumbent Chairman of the Georgian Dream, Irakli Kobakhidze, has been nominated as the country’s new Prime Minister at the party’s congress.
According to Article 80 of the Georgian Constitution, he now needs 76 votes (simple majority) from all 150 members of the Parliament for final approval as Prime Minister.
At today’s Congress, Irakli Garibashvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia, who had resigned from his post on January 29, was endorsed by the Political Council as the Chairman of the Georgian Dream.