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17 November 2007 - 11:01 AMT

British citizen to become new Georgian Prime Minister?

November 16, Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili accepted Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli’s resignation, and proposed 37-year-old banker Vladimir (Lado) Gurgenidze as a new candidate for the post.

Vladimir Gurgenidze is a co-chair of the Supervision Council of the Bank of Georgia, chairman of the Galt&Taggart Seсurities and Galt&Taggart Capital and the Georgian stock market.

It’s worth noting that he is a British citizen, Novosti Georgia reports.