AC Milan legend Kakha Kaladze elected the new Mayor of Tbilisi

AC Milan legend Kakha Kaladze elected the new Mayor of Tbilisi

- Former footballer Kakha Kaladze has been voted the Mayor of Tbilisi

- Kaladze won 51% of the vote in the municipal elections held over the weekend

- The 39-year-old made his name playing for AC Milan between 2001 and 2010

AC Milan legend Kakha Kaladze has been elected the new Mayor of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

The Georgian election administration announced that Kaladze won 51 per cent of the vote in the municipal elections held on Saturday, October 21.

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The 39-year-old former defender turned politician played for AC Milan between 2001 and 2010 winning two Champions League titles.

AC Milan legend Kakha Kaladze elected the new Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze celebrates after he was elected the new Mayor of Tbilisi. Photo: The Sun UK

Kaladze previously played for Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Tbilisi and also captained Georgia's national side.

He quit football in 2012 while playing for Genoa in order to devote himself to politics.

Kaladze campaigned alongside billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili to challenge then-president Mikheil Saakashvili.

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He became energy minister in October 2012 after Ivanishvili's coalition scored a shock parliamentary election victory over Saakashvili's party.

In July this year he resigned to run as mayor of the capital.

AC Milan legend Kakha Kaladze elected the new Mayor of Tbilisi
Kaladze made his name as one of the world's best defenders at AC Milan. Photo: AC Milan/Twitter

Kaladze is the second AC Milan legend to be in the new in recent weeks for their activities in their country's politics.

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