Tamar Beruchashvili
Tamar Beruchashvili (Georgian: თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი) (born April 9, 1961) is a Georgian diplomat and politician who has been the Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom since March 2016, and previously was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position she held from November 11, 2014 until September 1, 2015. 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 appointed the new Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and took up the post in March 2016.[4]
Tamar Beruchashvili | |
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თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი | |
Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
Assumed office March 2016 | |
President | Giorgi Margvelashvili Salome Zurabishvili |
Preceded by | Revaz Gachechiladze |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 11 November 2014 – 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 – 27 December 2004 | |
President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
Prime Minister | Zurab Zhvania |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Giorgi Baramidze |
Personal details | |
Born | Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia) | 9 April 1961
Political party | None |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Peoples' Friendship University Indiana University, Bloomington Tbilisi State University |
References
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia (2017). "Tamar Beruchashvili Biography". MFA.gov.ge. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- Civil.ge (2014-11-11). "Beruchashvili Appointed as New Foreign Minister". Civil.ge. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- Civil.ge (2015-09-01). "New Foreign, Economic Ministers Appointed". Civil.ge. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
- Civil.ge (2015-12-04). "Ex-FM Beruchashvili Appointed as Georgia's Ambassador to UK". Civil.ge. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
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Preceded by Maia Panjikidze |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2014–2015 |
Succeeded by Giorgi Kvirikashvili |