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.
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