Georgia's interior minister nominated for PM post - RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The ruling Georgian Dream party has nominated Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia for the post of prime minister, RIA news agency cited the party's chairman as saying on Tuesday.

Outgoing prime minister Mamuka Bakhtadze announced his resignation on Monday after little more than a year in the job.

(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov; Writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Heavens)