Board Member Competes to Chair Public TV

Tamar Kintsurashvili, who has been a member of the Board of Public Broadcasting, is among those 24 candidates who have applied for the position of general director of Georgian Public Broadcasting.

Kintsurashvili, who has already withdrawn her membership from the Board, is a journalist who has led media programs at the human rights NGO Liberty Institute since 2001.

This is the second competition announced by the Board of Public Broadcasting, as in July the nine-member board failed to choose a winner from sixteen candidates. The board is now expected to announce a final decision on August 23.

Other 23 candidates are as follow:

1. Iviko Sekhniashvili
2. Davit Tsintsadze
3. Dinara Maglakelidze
4. Koba Tskhakaia
5. Natela Maisuradze
6. Rezo Shalibashvili
7. Giorgi Kakhabrishvili
8. Nugzar Meladze
9. Tamar Makharoblidze
10. Nika Makhviladze
11. Misha Mchedlidze
12. Soso Macharashvili
13. Lia Mukhashavria
14. Sergo Bitsadze
15. Giorgi Merabishvili
16. Akaki Chargeishvili
17. Lasha Bakradze
18. Lela Gvinchilia
19. Aleksandre Rostomov
20. Rusudan strelkova
21. Tamaz Bibiluri
22. Marina Arakishvili
23. Genrih Kavlelishvili

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