President appoints Georgia’s Ambassador to the UK

Revaz Gachechiladze is Georgia's new Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Photo by RFE/RL
Agenda.ge, 08 Jul 2014 - 11:59, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia has a new Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili approved Revaz Gachechiladze, a Tbilisi State University Professor and former Ambassador of Georgia to Israel and Armenia, to the role today.

Gachechiladze will also serve as Georgia’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is headquartered in London.

During his career Gachechiladze worked at Georgia’s Foreign Ministry for many years. He also led the sociological research center of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences.

He is a visiting Professor at Oxford University and an honorary foreign member of the London-based Royal Geographical Society.

The post fell vacant after the Government changed in Georgia. Tamar Kapanadze served as Charge d'Affaires before the new Ambassador was appointed.