Vakhtang Jaoshvili

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

August 23, 1973, Tbilisi, Georgia

Professional Experience

03/2024 – Present – Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of India. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of India. 

12/2018 – 07/2023 – Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. 

06/2017 – 11/2018 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Department of the Middle East and Africa. Director.

11/2012 – 10/2017 – Embassy of Georgia to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, to the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Seychelles, the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Republic of Djibouti. Permanent Representative to the African Union.
 
02/2012 – 07/2012 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Department of Asia, Africa, Australia and Pacific Rim. Deputy Director.

01/2009 – 01/2012 – Embassy of Georgia to the State of Israel. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the State of Israel.

11/2004 – 11/2008 – Embassy of Georgia in France. First Counselor, Chief of the Consular Service.

03/1999 – 01/2004 – Embassy of Georgia to the State of Israel. Attaché, Third secretary, Second secretary, First secretary, Chief of the Consular service.

06/1997 – 02/1999 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Foreign Policy Analysis and Research Centre. Counselor.

Education

1995 - 1996, University of Paris VII - Paris, France. Geography and History (scholarship holder)

1991 - 1994, Tbilisi State University- Tbilisi, Georgia. French language and literature

1990 - 1995, Tbilisi State University- Tbilisi, Georgia. Economic Geography (Diploma with honor)

DIPLOMATIC RANK

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary