George Zurabashvili

September 2019 - present 

Embassy of Georgia in Ireland

Ambassador of Georgia to Ireland 

2014 - 2019

Embassy of Georgia in Ireland

Charge d’ Affaires

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

September 2013 August 2014

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Department of Diplomatic Protocol

Director

August 2012 September 2013

Millennium Challenge Account Georgia

Chief Executive Officer

March 2005 June 2012

State Chancellery of the Government of Georgia, Protocol Department

Chief

2004-2005

Institute for Democratic Development

Director

2003

Citizens Union Political Party

Secretary General

2002-2003

State Chancellery of the Government of Georgia, Office of the State Minister

Acting Chief of Staff

1996-2002

State Chancellery of the Government of Georgia, Protocol Department

First Deputy Chief

1993-1996

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Different diplomatic positions

1992-1993

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Georgia

Assistant to the Deputy Minister

EDUCATION

Tbilisi State University 1995

Candidate of Sciences in Linguistics (equivalent of Ph. D. degree)

Tbilisi State University of Culture and Language 1989-1992

Postgraduate Studies (aspirantura) in Linguistics

Tbilisi State University of Culture and Language 1984-1989

Bachelor’s degree in education and linguistics

INTERNSHIPS/EXCHANGES

Hacetepe University Foreign Policy Institute (Ankara, Turkey) 1993 International Politics and Diplomacy,

International Visitors Program, United States Information Agency 1999

Governance and Planning

School of International and Public Affairs, Colombia University 2012

Policy and Governance Program

DIPLOMATIC RANK

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

LANGUAGES/TECHNICAL SKILLS

Georgian-native; English Fluent; Russian-Fluent