Grigol Mgaloblishvili’s Biography

Source: Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Date of Birth:               07/10/1973
Marital Status:              Married with two children
Foreign Language:        English, Turkish, Russian and German

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

2002 – 2003                
Oxford University, Foreign Service Programme,  Oxford, UK Postgraduate Course in Diplomatic Studies

1990-95                       
Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia BA, MA in Oriental Studies

1992-93                        
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Faculty of Foreign Languages, Certificate in Turkish Language

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Since 2004
Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey

2004
Director, Department of European and Euro-integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2003-2004                 
Deputy Director, Department of USA, Canada and Latin American Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1998 – 2002               
Political Counselor, Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey

1998 – 2000              
First Secretary, Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey

1996 – 1998             
Attaché/Second Secretary/First Secretary, Department of Western European Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of   Georgia                       

1995-96                    
Interpreter, Georgian Trade Mission in Turkey          

In 2005 Grigol Mgaloblishvili was granted diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and on October 20, 2006 – diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.