Zurab Mchedlishvili

Date and Place of Birth

October 17, 1976, Tbilisi, Georgia

Professional Career

2024 - present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Federative Republic of Brazil 

2019 – 2023 - Senior Counselor of the Embassy of Georgia in the Kingdom of Spain

2018 - 2019 - Head of the Latin America and the Caribbean Division of the Americas Department,

2017 – 2018 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia / (Department of America) – Advisor

2015 – 2017 -  Head of Protocol Service of Tbilisi Municipality Council

2013 – 2015 - Tbilisi Municipality Council - Chairman's Office Advisor on International Relations

2011 – 2013 - Counselor of the Embassy of Georgia in the Federative Republic of Brazil (acting consul as well)

2010 – 2011- Chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Georgia in the Federative Republic of Brazil

2007 – 2010 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia / (Department of America) – Advisor

2002 – 2005 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia / (European Union Department) – Second Secretary

2001 – 2002 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia / (EU Department) – III Secretary

2000 – 2001- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia / (EU Department) - Attaché

Education

2005 - 2006 - Diplomatic Academy of Madrid - Master's degree (Master of International Relations / Modules: European Union and Ibero-America, relations with the European Union and Latin American countries) / Scholarship holder of the Royal Foundation of Spain

1992 - 1998 - Tbilisi State Institute of International Economic Relations (diploma N 001293) / foreign economic relations specialty (economist qualification)

1981 - 1992 - Tbilisi N 60 secondary school - Study certificate

Trainings and Courses

2005 - Sofia Diplomatic Academy – Diploma (International relations training course for foreign diplomats) / Implementation process in the European Union / Republic of Bulgaria

2004 - 2005 - Tbilisi European Union Fund International School/Project – Diploma (Course of international relations) / Economic and political relations with EU countries / Georgia

2004 - Ankara Diplomatic Academy – Diploma (International relations training course for foreign diplomats) / Economic and political relations with EU countries / Republic of Turkey

2003 - New Delhi International Higher School of Management - Diploma (Office Management and Political Leadership Training Course) / India

2002 - Cairo Diplomatic Academy – Diploma (International relations training course for foreign diplomats) / Economic and political relations with Arab League countries / Egypt

2001 - Diplomatic Academy of Madrid – Diploma (International relations training course for foreign diplomats) / Spain

1998 - "P. Picasso" International School of Malaga (Spanish language, culture, and literature course) - Diploma / Spain

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary