Date of Birth: April 25, 1975

Education

1993 - 1998 - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University - Faculty of International Law and International Relations

Other Educational Activities;

2016 - Interagency Leadership Course, Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College, United Kingdom;

2016 - Gold Level Leadership Course, Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College, United Kingdom;

2017 - Bronze Level Incident Commanders’ Trainer Course, Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College, United Kingdom;

2010 - Course on Modern Media Technologies, Washington, D.C., USA;

2011 - Course on Social Media, Washington, D.C., USA;

2007 - International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), Media Course, United States.

Professional Experience

2025-Present - First Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia;

2024-2025 Head of the Office of the National Security Council of Georgia;

2022-2024 Advisor to the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia;

2019-2022 First Deputy Head of the LEPL Emergency Management Service of the State Security and Crisis Management Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

2018-2019 Senior Councillor, Embassy of Georgia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

2015-2017 Deputy Secretary, State Security and Crisis Management Council of Georgia;

2014-2015 Deputy Minister of Defence of Georgia;

2014 Director, Department for External Security Issues, State Security and Crisis Management Council of Georgia;

2009-2013 Journalist and Editor, Voice of America, Washington, D.C., USA;

2007-2009 Managing Editor, 24 Saati Newspaper;

2004-2006 Head of the Analysis and Information Department, Special Service of Foreign Intelligence of Georgia;

2002-2006 International Affairs Journalist and Columnist, 24 Saati Newspaper;

1998-2002 Deputy Head of the Information and Analytical Division, State Department of Foreign Intelligence of Georgia.