Nino Dolidze has been appointed as Executive Director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED).

Over the last 8 years she has worked at the International Republican Institute as the Head of the electoral program, as well as in the direction of multiparty democracy development and the political empowerment of women. Dolidze worked at ISFED from 2007 to 2011, and has participated in over 15 election observation missions.

Her appointment comes following previous Executive Director Elene Nizharadze’s resignation on December 25, after the ISFED Board held her responsible for controversy over the revised results of Parallel Vote Tabulation of the parliamentary elections, which showed an increase in the vote share of the ruling Georgian Dream party from an initially counted 45.8% to 47.7%. The initial results were frequently cited by the opposition as proof of “rigged” elections.