Friday, December 5, 2025

Energy and finance get new ministers in Georgia

Former energy minister Alexandre Khetaguri is the new finance minister of Georgia. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Two ministers have been changed after the new Georgian government was approved. No reason was given for suddenly making the energy minister finance minister, and the head of the local government committee of parliament, energy minister.

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Saakashvili's government has lacked long term plans

President Saakashvili's presidency has been a long list of stops and starts, with no long-term strategy, according to a new report. Here he is trying out a tractor for use in Georgia's agricultural sector. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – In the years from 2004 to 2011, the Georgian Parliament had ten votes of confidence for the government and approved ten government programs, although the programs changed each year and almost never followed the steps of the previous one.

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