Place of birth

Tbilisi

Education

January 2006 - January 2007- Master of Arts in International Politics (Summum cum Laude), European Centre for International and Strategic Research (CERIS), (Brussels, Belgium);

September 1991-July 1996 - Diploma with Honors in Economics. Specialized in International Economic Relations, Tbilisi State University, (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Professional Experience

2020 August 6 – State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality;

2019 June 14 – 2020 August 6 – Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia;

April 22, 2014 – June 1, 2019 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Estonia;

November 2008 – March 2014 - MFA of Georgia, Department of European Integration, Director;

March-November, 2008 - MFA of Georgia, Department of European Integration, Deputy Director;

October 2004 – March 2008 - Embassy of Georgia to the Benelux Countries, Mission of Georgia to the EU (Brussels, Belgium), Counselor;

September – October, 2004 - MFA of Georgia, Department of European Affairs and Euro-integration, Acting Director;

March- September, 2004 - MFA of Georgia, Department of Relations with the EU, Director;

January – March, 2004 - MFA of Georgia, Department of Relations with the EU, Acting Director;

August 2002 – March 2004 - MFA of Georgia, Department of Relations with the EU, Deputy Director;

October 2001-August 2002 - MFA of Georgia, Department of Relations with the EU, Head of Division of Political Analysis and EU-Georgian Partnership and Co-operation;

August 2000-October 2001 - MFA of Georgia, Department of Relations with the EU, Second Secretary;

May 1999-August 2000 - MFA of Georgia, Department of International Economic Relations, Division of Relations with the EU, Attache;

November 1997-May 1999 - MFA of Georgia, Department of International Economic Relations, Division of Relations with the EU, Trainee