Zurab Beridze

Date and Place of Birth

February 4,1958, Tbilisi, Georgia

Professional Experience

2023 - Present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of  Georgia to the Kingdom of Norway, Oslo

2021 - 2022 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

2018 - 2021  -  Chief of the Ministers Cabinet, MFA of Georgia

2014 - 2018  -  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of  Georgia to the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia

2009 - 2011  -  Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2004 - 2008 -  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova, Bucharest

2000 - 2004  -  Director of the Second European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia National Coordinator of   GUAM

2000 - 2000 - Deputy Director of the First European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Georgia

1997 - 2000  -  Senior Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations, New York

1992 - 1997  -  Director of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1992 - 1992  -  Head of the Division for the Relations with the United States, Political Analysis and Prognoses Department,  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1991 - 1992  -  Deputy Head of the Division for European Affairs, Political Analysis and Prognoses Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1986 - 1991  -  Senior Researcher at the Informational Center for Social Sciences, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi

1988 - 1990  -  Political Observer Georgian TV and Radio Committee

1983 - 1986  -  Researcher at the African Studies Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow

1982 - 1983  -  Junior Researcher at the Informational Center for Social Sciences, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi

Education

 1988          Ph.D.History of International Relations and Foreign Policy

 1981          Tbilisi State University, History Department

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary