Giorgi Janjgava

Date of Birth: July 24, 1965

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgia

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018 – Present

Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey - (Ankara, Turkey), Accredited to the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Sudan, the People’s Republic of Algeria, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

2014 – 2018
Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman and Republic of Yemen. Representative of Georgia to the Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC) - (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

2013 – 2014
Charge d’Affaires of Georgia to Ireland - (Dublin, Ireland)

2009 – 2013
Ambassador of Georgia to the Islamic Republic of Iran - (Tehran, Iran) accredited to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

2006 – 2009
Ambassador of Georgia to the Arabic Republic of Egypt - (Cairo, Egypt) Accredited to the Syrian Arab Republic)

2004 – 2005
Research Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies - (Tbilisi, Georgia)

1994 – 2004
Consul-General of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey - (Trabzon, Turkey)

1993 – 1994
Head of the State Protocol to the President of Georgia

1992 – 1993
State Adviser on Foreign Relations, State Council of Georgia

1990
Visiting Researcher - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - University of London, UK.

1989 – 1992
Research Fellow/Lecturer
Department of Economic and Social Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology
Tbilisi State University

Post-Graduate Researcher
Department of Economic and Social Geography
Tbilisi State University, Georgia

EDUCATION

1982 – 1988
Diploma with Honors in Economic and Social Geography
Department of Economic and Social Geography
Faculty of Geography and Geology
Tbilisi State University, Georgia.

1986 – 1987
Pre-Diploma Studies
Cairo University, Arabic Republic of Egypt

MEMBERSHIP
From 2004 International Oriental Numismatic Society (ONS)
From 1999 The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
From 1997 The National Geographic Society

PUBLICATIONS
Author of two book and more than 30 research articles and publications

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English, Russian, Turkish, Persian

DIPLOMATIC RANK
From 2007 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
From 1994 – Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

AWARDS
Order of Apostle Mark the Evangelist (2009)

MARITAL STATUS
Married with three children