PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
05.2013 - Present
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative of Georgia to OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna
10.2005 - 04.2013
Secretary General of the EU-Georgia Business Council (<EUGBC)
11.2000 - 10.2005
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Benelux Countries, Head of the Mission of Georgia to the European Communities
08.1998 - 11.2000
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Mission of Georgia to the European Communities
12.1995 - 08.1998
Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia;
National Coordinator of the EU Technical Assistance Program – TACIS in Georgia; Alternative Governor of the EBRD from the Georgian Side;
Chairman of the Governmental Commissions for Georgian-German Economic Cooperation
01.1994 - 12.1995
Minister-Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Georgia to Germany
04.1993 - 01.1994
Head of Division of International Relations in the Tbilisi City Municipality
01.1993 - 04.1993
Head of Division of Bilateral Economic Relations and International Economic Organizations of the State Committee of Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia
07.1992 - 01.1993
Head of Division of Foreign Investments and Credits of the State Committee of Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia
01.1991 - 07.1992
Deputy Director of the Institute of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of the Georgian Technical University, Associate Professor
09.1990 - 01.1991
Assistant of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of the Georgian Technical University
10.1989 - 08.1990
Foreign Scientist, Probationer at the Faculty of Technical Science of the Erlangen-Nurnberg Technical University (Germany)
10.1987 - 09.1989
Assistant of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of the Georgian Technical University
09.1983 - 10.1984
Laboratory Assistant of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of the Georgian Technical University
10.1982 - 09.1983
Engineer of the Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering of the Georgian Polytechnic Institute
EDUCATION:
09.1984 - 10.1987
Post-graduate student of the Dresden technical University (Germany), Doctoral Dissertation
09.1977 - 07.1982
Student of the faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering of the Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Tbilisi
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Born on
23 December, 1960
Nationality
Georgian
Marital Status
Married, two daughters
LANGUAGES:
Georgian (native), German, English, Russian
