Former soccer star Kaladze becomes mayor of Georgia's capital

Kakha Kaladze, candidate for mayor of Tbilisi from the ruling Georgian Dream party, speaks to the media after the local elections in Tbilisi, Georgia, October 21, 2017. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

TBILISI (Reuters) - Kakha Kaladze, a former defender for Italian club AC Milan, was elected mayor of Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, as the country's ruling Georgian Dream party won a majority of seats in local councils.

Kaladze, who ran as a candidate for the Georgian Dream party, took 51.13 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results from Saturday's elections released on Sunday by the Central Election Commission.