Mamuka Bakhtadze, acting Finance Minister and Prime Minister nominee, speaks to the media in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2018. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia plans to reduce the number of ministries in a new government to 11 from 14 to cut costs, its likely next prime minister Mamuka Bakhtadze said on Monday.
The ruling party has named Bakhtadze, a former finance minister, as its candidate to replace Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who quit last week after a disagreement with party leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's richest man.
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