Republican Party appoints woman to key position

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Tamar Kordzaia, party political secretary (right) and Khatuna Samnidze, the chairwoman. (Photo by Republican Party.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party in the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Saturday appointed a woman former lawmaker as new political secretary.

The appointment the 39-year-old lawyer Tamar Kordzaia is seen as a move to promote gender equality in politics.

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Republican Party cabinet members will resign in August

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Khatuna Samnidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican cabinet members will leave their posts in August, party leader Khatuna Samnidze said in an interview on Friday.

The Republicans are part of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, but recently decided to run on an independent ticket

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Khatuna Samnidze elected new Republican Party leader

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Khatuna Samnidze (left) and Davit Usupashvili (right). (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party, which is member of the Georgian Dream coalition, Sunday elected a new leader at a party congress.

The party elected Khatuna Samnidze as new leader. She has been a party member since 2005 and has served as organizational

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