Georgian Ex-President Saakashvili: Head of Ukraine's Executive Reform Committee

On Thursday, May 7, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Mikheil Saakashvili, the ex-President of Georgia, as the head of the Executive Reform Committee.

The Committee is a newly-created presidential advisory body and the executive branch of the presidential National Reform Council. In particular, a decree published on Ukrainian President’s website words the committee’s function as presenting the National Reform Council’s “decisions in its relations with other government bodies, municipalities, political parties, civil society groups, and mass media, according to the decree.”

Reportedly, IT businessman Oleksandr Olshansky was appointed as Saakashvili’s deputy.

Saakashvili’s appointment to the post came as no surprise, especially after yesterday’s reports: Ukrainian media outlet Censor.net quoted the former Georgian President’s claims that he would be appointed to the National Reform Council of Ukraine, not as Secretary of the Council, but as Chairman of the Executive Committee.

By Nini Dakhundaridze

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