Tamar Beruchashvili

Tamar Beruchashvili
თამარ αƒ‘αƒ”αƒ αƒ£αƒ©αƒαƒ¨αƒ•αƒ˜αƒšαƒ˜
Georgia Ambassador to United Kingdom
Taking office
March, 2016
President Giorgi Margvelashvili
Succeeding Revaz Gachechiladze
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
11 November 2014 β€“ 1 September 2015
President Giorgi Margvelashvili
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili
Preceded by Maia Panjikidze
Succeeded by Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration
In office
17 February 2004 β€“ 27 December 2004
President Mikheil Saakashvili
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Giorgi Baramidze
Personal details
Born (1961-04-09) 9 April 1961
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
(now Georgia)
Political party Georgian Dream
Alma mater Peoples' Friendship University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Tbilisi State University
Religion Georgian Orthodoxy

Tamar Beruchashvili (Georgian: თამარ αƒ‘αƒ”αƒ αƒ£αƒ©αƒαƒ¨αƒ•αƒ˜αƒšαƒ˜) (born April 9, 1961) is a Georgian diplomat and politician who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 11, 2014 until September 1, 2015, and is designated to become Georgia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom as of March 2016. She had previously served as Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations from 1998 until 2000 and Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration in 2004. She also worked as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2013 until her appointment as minister in 2014. Beruchashvili also worked as a professor at Tbilisi State University from 2000 until 2010.[1] She was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on November 11, 2014,[2] and held that post until September 1, 2015 when she was replaced by Giorgi Kvirikashvili.[3] Beruchashvili was later designated as the new Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and is expected to take up the post in March, 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia (2014). "Tamar Beruchashvili Biography". MFA.gov.ge. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Civil.ge (2014-11-11). "Beruchashvili Appointed as New Foreign Minister". Civil.ge. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  3. ↑ Civil.ge (2015-09-01). "New Foreign, Economic Ministers Appointed". Civil.ge. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  4. ↑ Civil.ge (2015-12-04). "Ex-FM Beruchashvili Appointed as Georgia’s Ambassador to UK". Civil.ge. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
Political offices
Preceded by
Maia Panjikidze
Minister of Foreign Affairs
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Giorgi Kvirikashvili
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