Structure
The agency is led by the Executive Director, who is appointed by the President of Georgia for the term of 4 years. The Executive Director also acts as the Chairman of the GeoStat Board which consists of 8 members. The agency consists of the central office and eight regional branches. The present structure of the GeoStat was put in place following a reorganisation in 2010. It consists of 11 divisions: Staff of Executive Director, Administrative Division, Information Technology Division, Internal Audit Division, National Accounts Division, Social Statistics Division, Population Census and Demography Division, Price Statistics Division, Business Statistics Division, External Trade and Foreign Investments Statistics Division, Agriculture and Environment Statistics Division. Apart from subject divisions there are 8 regional offices which are also structural units of GeoStat.
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