New Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister appointed

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has appointed a new deputy foreign minister today.

Giorgi Sharvashidze was appointed to the role and he will head the economic diplomacy department at the ministry.

Sharvashidze has rich experience in cooperating with leading international companies, especially with those from Asia.

From 2006 to the present he worked in private companies as well as in different state departments and non-governmental organisations.

He holds Master’s degrees in international management from the ICN Business School in France and UNICATT in Italy. He also has a Business Administration Master’s degree from the East China University of Science and Technology.

He also graduated from the faculty of international law and international relations at Tbilisi State University.

Sharvashidze will take over the post from December 1, 2017.

A new deputy foreign minister was appointed after the previous deputy minister Davit Jalagania became Georgia’s new ambassador to Switzerland.