The Vice Mayor of Makhachkala, Abusupyan Gasanov, was appointed the Mayor of Makhachkala instead of Magomed Suleymanov, the head of the press service of the city administration, Patimat Radjabova, said.
Gasanov was the Minister of Transport of the Republic in February-July 2013 and later was appointed as the deputy head of the Makhachkala administration, Interfax-South reports.