The Authority of the First Vice Prime Minister will be assigned to Levan Davitashvili, the authority of Vice Prime Ministers - to Tea Tsulukiani and Irakli Chikovani. Such a statement Irakli Kobakhidze, the new Prime Minister of Georgia, at first meeting of the Government under his leadership.

“I want to wish you all good luck. In 2023 a lot was done with the participation of each of you for the development of our country, for that I want to thank you once again.

Also, I would like to once again thank Mr. Irakli Garibashvili for leading the Government for 3 years and for doing a lot of things for Georgia.

I would like to introduce some personnel decisions to the public. It is already known that the authority of the First Vice Prime Minister will be assigned to the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Levan Davitashvili. I want to wish him success.

The Minister of Culture and Sports, Tea Tsulukiani, will be the Vice Prime Minister of Georgia. Also, Defense Minister Irakli Chikovani will be assigned the authority of the Vice Prime Minister of Georgia.

Besides, we have a change in the Government administration. Mikheil Peikrishvili will become the Head of the Government"s strategic communications department”, - said Irakli Kobakhidze.