President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili

Place of birth

Paris

Education

1972 - Paris Institute of Political Science;

1973 - Columbia University;

1981 - Paris National School of Public Administration

Professional Experience

1974-1977 - Third secretary of the French Embassy in Rome;

1977-1980 - Second secretary of the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations;

1980-1984 - Employee of the Analysis and Forecasting Center of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1984-1988 - First Secretary of the French Embassy in Washington;

1988-1989 - First Secretary of the European Conference on Security and Co-operation in Vienna;

1989-1992 - Second Counselor at the French Embassy in the Republic of Chad;

1992-1993 - First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of France to the Euro-Atlantic Council (Brussels);

1993-1996 - Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the Western European Union (Brussels);

1996-1998 - Adviser to the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France;

1997-1998 - Inspector General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1998-2001 - Officer of the Strategy, Security and Disarmament Division of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

2001-2003 - Head of International and Strategic Affairs of the General Secretariat of National Defense of France;

2003-2004 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Georgia;

2004-2005 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;

2006 - Leader of political union The Way for Georgia;

2006-2015 - Professor at the French Institute of Political Science;

2010-2015 - Head of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on Iran;

2016-2020 - Member of Parliament of Georgia of the 9th convocation;

2018 - Elected President of Georgia

Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Protest rally underway at Tbilisi State University
Teona Akubardia: We will all be targets, but that does not mean we will stop resisting - Salome Zurabishvili was named as the first target by Shalva Papuashvili himself
Salome Zurabishvili: Without a university that remains a hub of free and critical thinking, the state cannot exist independently
Shalva Papuashvili: Salome Zurabishvili is a self-proclaimed ex-president; abroad, she probably carries the standard folded - this situation deserves a Hollywood or at least Bollywood movie
Salome Zurabishvili: Education is the backbone of society, and a society without education is a society of slaves - It is significant that the regime is targeting education - until now, it affected society physically, but now it is launching a direct attack
Salome Zurabishvili –The OSCE decision to trigger the “Moscow Mechanism” for Georgia is an important milestone, the world is watching us, the Georgian people continue to protest - accountability will come!
Salome Zurabishvili: The new repressive law bans party membership for those who have worked in organizations funded from abroad - this is a ruthless step to suppress free political life
Salome Zurabishvili - Talking about dialogue in the current context is a mockery of society - this is another attempt to create different opinions in the opposition, debates are not relevant today
March - “Defend Education” underway from Philharmonic Hall to Parliament
Salome Zurabishvili: Three citizens arrested for standing on the sidewalk - state repression in action
Gia Volski on MPs who own businesses: They were wealthy before entering Parliament, pay huge sums into the budget – god bless everyone, no one uses a parliamentary mandate for business
Transparency International Georgia: 41 members of Parliament have ties to business
Salome Zurabishvili - In Paris, at a meeting with the EBU President, we discussed the grave situation at Georgia’s Public Broadcaster
Gia Volski: Those who have not repented deserve no pardon; on the other hand, some may reflect because of the pardon - the president must analyze many aspects
Salome Zurabishvili: It is important that Georgia and Georgia’s crisis remain in the focus of the world’s attention
Salome Zurabishvili: Georgia’s struggle is a warning - if democratic backsliding near Europe’s borders can happen for Russia without a cost, it could be repeated inside Europe; it’s important to show that there is action
Salome Zurabishvili to Gitanas Nausėda and all Lithuanian friends: Georgia remembers our parallel path and struggle for freedom and independence
Salome Zurabishvili will participate in the Global Europe Forum 2026 in Brussels
Five years of Sadyr Japarov’s Presidency: The main test is still ahead
Ambassador of Korea Hyon Du KIM - Korea’s strength lies in high-tech manufacturing while Georgia’s strength is in logistics and service areas - Georgia should not be just considered as a single market but as a market that can encompass the region and beyond
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger