Date of birth: March 16, 1957

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgia

Marital Status: Married

Education:

Ivane Javakhisshvili Tbilisi State University - Faculty of Economics -1979

Secondary School # 57 – 1974

Work Experience:

Republican Party of Georgia – Member of Main Committee - 2008-2012

Member of Parliament of Georgia - 2004-2008

Non-governmental Organization “Liberty Institute” – member of the Board 1997-2004

Non-governmental Organization Civitas Georgica – Editor of the magazine ‘Georgia Profile’-1996-1997

Caucasus Institute of Peace Democracy and Development – Editor of English-language edition of "Georgia Profile" - 1995-1996 

Newspaper “Argumenti” – Editor - 1995

Newspaper “Sakartvelo”, Political Columnist - 1994-1995

Publishing Center “Khomli” –senior editor-1992-1994

Youth Translation Workshop of Publishing House “Ianus” , Editor -1990-1991

Main editorial board of Artistic Translation and Literary Relations at Writers’ Union of Georgia - Editor, senior editor -1980-1990

Institute of Economics and Law of Georgian National Academy of Sciences - junior researcher 1979-1980 

Publications and Works:

Literary Miscellany “Akhali Droeba”, second edition – 2002

“Traveling in Dreamland – Amazing Adventure of Anastasia and Giorgi” , Publishing House “Diogene” - 1996

Literary Miscellany “Akhali Droeba”, First edition - 1994

Articles and Letters in Georgian and Foreign press - 1994-2009

Literary Competition “Children Prose -96” – Winner of First prize

Ambassador of Peace – Georgia-Israel