Tbilisi State University Rector Vladimer Papava Resigns

TBILISI – The Rector of Tbilisi State University (TSU), Vladimer Papava has resigned.

Academic Council approved the request for resignation today.

Papava will officially leave his position on May 1^st. Until then an acting Rector will be selected.

A major building for Tbilisi State University (TSU) was occupied and split by two opposite group of students earlier this March.

A group of the University’s Self Government students demanded the resignation of TSU rector Lado Papava, and another group of protesters called Auditorium 115 (according to the number of lecture hall they are based in) were asking reforms inside the self-government system and also wanted an investigation into the presence of intelligence agents at TSU.