The longest-serving minister of the Georgian Dream government, Thea Tsulukiani, has announced that she is leaving her position as Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth and is preparing to become a party deputy. Tsulukiani will take sixth place in the list of candidates for deputy of the Georgian Dream party.
Tsulukiani, who was initially appointed as the Minister of Justice (2012-2020), has been the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia since 2021.
A lawyer by profession, Tsulukiani is known as among the most loyal figures of Georgian Dream. She is renowned for her attempts to establish party control over subordinate agencies, as well as arbitrary dismissal of employees, facts which were often followed by protests and lawsuits against her decisions – with the plaintiffs often winning these cases.
“Tomorrow is my last working day,” Tsulukiani said during her speech at the anniversary evening of director Gizo Jordania.
