MP from the ruling National Movement party Vasil Maglaperidze has was appointed on March 2 as the Governor of Mtskheta-Mtianeti region in central Georgia, replacing Goga Khachidze.
The latter was appointed as the Governor of Samtskhe-Javakheti, a region in south-western part of Georgia, which is pre-dominantly populated by ethnic Armenians.
Official gave no reasons behind these changes of the regional Governors.