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

Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Giorgi Sharashidze: It will definitely not be an easy walk for Kobakhidze in Parliament - I hope he will have enough courage to name the person who called from the ‘deep state’ as well
Salome Zurabishvili addresses Foreign Ministers of EU Member States with an open letter
Salome Zurabishvili: We saw Ukraine and Moldova take their first steps toward European integration, where Georgia should have been, but is not because of Russian pressure and the regime holding power
Shalva Papuashvili: When we have a choice between listening to Brussels or to the Georgian Church, we choose the Church; Brussels may not like it, but those who are upset by it can drink a glass of cold water
Salome Zurabishvili: The time has come to form a united front - it is time for national unity
Salome Zurabishvili - Armenia, your fight is our fight - these elections will determine your democratic European future
Irakli Kobakhidze: Mr. Fischer is clearly confused
Salome Zurabishvili - What has happened in the last few years is a seizure of democracy and the state - now we have reached the point where we must either save ourselves or submit to dictatorship
Gia Volski - Our ambassador to Germany has been nominated for so long and this topic has not been properly discussed there
Salome Zurabishvili at Black Sea Security Forum - Russia is waging a hybrid war, where Georgia is a test model
Irakli Kobakhidze: When 5,000 people come out in response to calls from Nika Gvaramia, Zurab Japaridze, Salome Zurabishvili, and similar figures, this can even be considered a success for the opposition
Salome Zurabishvili - Bringing our freedom to the end depends on unity - the regime is on the verge of collapse, we have to endure a little more
Salome Zurabishvili - A lot of people should come out on May 26, it doesn't matter if I give a speech or not - we cannot give up Rustaveli
Salome Zurabishvili on performance by Russian students at Rustaveli Theater - Georgian actors are no longer given a place, stage, or opportunity to "rent" the Rustaveli Theater! Is everything really for sale?
Salome Zurabishvili on Patriarch Shio III's statement - Is such a family doomed? Such merciless words, such a harsh sentence - that leaves no hope, neither in God's immense love, nor in human salvation through faith?
Archil Gorduladze to members of “Gakharia for Georgia” party: If your leader’s only achievement is winking and driving around in a Škoda, then the situation of the agent who signed off on all this must really be something to be proud of
Salome Zurabishvili attends hearing of the resolution on Georgia in the French National Assembly
Peter Fischer on German Foreign Ministry's website mentioning Salome Zurabishvili as president - You will see a reasonable solution in a reasonable time
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners