2009 - present

Head of the Mission of Georgia to NATO

2008-2009

Prime Minister of Georgia

2006-2008

Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey, Republic of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina

2004-2006

Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey

2004

Director, Department of European Affairs European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2003-2004

Deputy Director, Department of the USA, Canada and Latin American Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2002-2003

Counsellor, Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2000-2002  

Political Counsellor, Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey

1998-2000

First Secretary, Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey

1996-1998

Attaché, Third Secretary, First Secretary, Department of Western European Countries , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1995-1996

Interpreter, Georgian Trade mission in the Republic of Turkey

2002-2003

Postgraduate Course in Diplomatic Studies

Oxford University, Foreign Service Programme, Oxford, UK

1990-1995  

BA, MA in Oriental Studies

Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

1992-1993

Faculty of Foreign Languages, Certificate in Turkish Language

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

2009

National and International Security Studies Programme, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

2008

Black Sea Security Programme, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

2004  

PfP exercise Eloquent Nuggets, Washington DC, US

1998

PfP/OSCE Integrated Course, NATO Defence College, Rome, Italy

1997

Career Training Course for Foreign Diplomats, Middle East Technical University and the Training Centre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey