PM Irakli Garibashvili appointed head of Tbilisi’s Vake district administration, Givi Tchitchinadze as new governor of Imereti region in western Georgia.

Tchitchinadze has replaced Zaza Meparishvili, who announced about resignation on February 22.

Tchitchinadze, who served as head of Tbilisi’s Vake district since August 2014, held an executive post in Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party in 2012-2013.