TBILISI -- Ilia Eloshvili, the deputy mayor of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has been found dead at his house.
The Interior Ministry said on June 1 that it has launched a probe into the cause of death.
It gave no further details.
The 47-year-old was known as a close associate of the mayor of Tbilisi, former Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze.
Eloshvili used to work as a deputy energy minister and then became the energy minister from 2012 to 2017, before he started serving as deputy mayor of Tbilisi.
Eloshvili is survived survived by his wife and two children.
