After his confirmation by parliament Garibashvili, 31, will replace Ivanishvili once President Giorgi Margvelashvili -- another Ivanishvili loyalist -- has officially ratified the decision.
Garibashvili -- a political nobody until Ivanishvili named him interior minister in October 2012 -- has spent almost his entire decade-long working life employed by the enigmatic tycoon who calls him his "beloved boy".
The dapper graduate in international relations from the Sorbonne University in Paris has headed Ivanishvili's charitable foundation and worked at his bank as well as run his rap star son's record label.
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