New Deputy Interior Minister Appointed

President Saakashvili signed decree on appointment of Petre Tsiskarishvili of National Movement party as a Deputy Interior Minister.

Interior Minister Giorgi Baramidze proposed Tsiskarishvili’s candidacy last December, however acting President Nino Burjanadze did not sign a decree on his appointment.

U.S.-educated Petre Tsiskarishvili of National Movement party was the member of the parliament and became publicly known after being kidnapped in 2001. He was abducted together with his fiancйe and was kept in detention in Pankisi gorge for couple of weeks.

Petre Tsiskarishvili also became in the focus of the public attention, when he initiated notorious fist fighting in the Parliament’s chamber in 2002. Later he apologized for the incident.