Date and place of birth: 01.12.1963, Tbilisi, Georgia

Education:

Georgian Technical University - bachelor - 1986

Georgian Technical University - Ph. D. - 1991.

Georgian Technical University - Economic and Business Relations Department - Manager of Economic and Business Relations - 1993.

Experience:
Deputy Minister - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - December 2008 - present time.


Deputy Minister - Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia - November 2008 - December 208


Director of Department of EU Integration - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - March 2006 - November 2008.


Minister - Georgian Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany - July 2004 - March 2006


Chief Adviser - Georgian Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany - August 2002 - July 2004


Director of Department of Foreign Aid Coordination - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - August 2000 - August 2002.


Deputy Minister - Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia - October 1998 - August 2000.


Head of Department of Relations with International and Regional Economic Organization - Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia - July 1997 - October 1998.


Deputy Head of Department in Department of Foreign Investment and Credits - Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia - January 1996 - July 1997.


Chief Expert in Department of Foreign Investments - Committee of Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia - January 1994 - January 1996.


Assistant Professor - Georgian Technical University - 1991 - 1994


Post graduate - Georgian Technical University - 1986 - 1991

Publications:
10 articles.


Languages:
Georgian - mother tongue, proficient in Russian, German, English.