Mr George Janjgava
Ambassador at Republic of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey2018 – Present Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey - (Ankara, Turkey), Accredited to the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Sudan
2018 Representative of Georgia to the Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC) -
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
2014 – 2018 Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain,
Sultanate of Oman and Republic of Yemen - (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
2013 – 2014 Charge d’Affaires of Georgia to Ireland - (Dublin, Ireland)
2009 – 2013 Ambassador of Georgia to the Islamic Republic of Iran - (Tehran, Iran) Accredited to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2006 – 2009 Ambassador of Georgia to the Arabic Republic of Egypt - (Cairo, Egypt) Accredited to the Syrian Arab Republic
2004 – 2005 Research Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies - (Tbilisi, Georgia)
1994 – 2004 Consul-General of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey - (Trabzon, Turkey)
1993 – 1994 Head of the State Protocol to the President of Georgia
1992 – 1993 State Adviser on Foreign Relations, State Council of Georgia
1990 Visiting Researcher
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
University of London, UK.
1989 – 1992 Research Fellow/Lecturer
Department of Economic and Social Geography
Faculty of Geography and Geology
Tbilisi State University
Post-Graduate Researcher
Department of Economic and Social Geography
Tbilisi State University, Georgia
EDUCATION |
1982 – 1988 Diploma with Honors in Economic and Social Geography
Department of Economic and Social Geography
Faculty of Geography and Geology
Tbilisi State University, Georgia.
1986 – 1987 Pre-Diploma Studies
Cairo University
Arabic Republic of Egypt
MEMBERSHIP |
From 2004 International Oriental Numismatic Society (ONS)
From 1999 The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
From 1997 The National Geographic Society
PUBLICATIONS |
Author of two book and more than 30 research articles and publications
FOREIGN LANGUAGES |
English, Russian, Turkish, Persian
DIPLOMATIC RANK |
From 2007 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
From 1994 – Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
MARITAL STATUS |
Married with three children