Zaal Gogsadze

Date and Place of Birth

November 21, 1954, Chiatura, Georgia

Professional Experience

02/2023 – present - Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Croatia 

11/ 2018 – 02/2023 - Ambassador of Georgia to Hungary (also accredited to the Republic of Croatia and Montenegro) 

06/2013 – 10/2018 - Ambassador of Georgia to the Czech Republic

2012 - Member of the Political Party “Georgian Dream”, Co-founder of Civic Movement “Georgian Dream”

2009 - 2012 -  Member of the Council. Political Party “Free Democrats”

2004 - 2008 - Ambassador of Georgia to Italy

2003 - 2004 -  Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2001 - 2002 - Civil Affairs Officer, United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka

1999 - 2001 - Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1994 - 1999 -  Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations, New York

1993 - 1994 -  Deputy Director, Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1990 - 1993 -  Director, Department of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Education

1984 -  Ph.D in Journalism, Moscow State University

1979 - 1983 - Post Graduate Studies, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

1973 - 1979 - Student, Faculty of Journalism, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Accomplishments

2000 -  Participation in the preparation and work of the UN Millennium Summit in New York as a member of the delegation of Georgia

1999 -  Participation in the preparation and work of the OSCE Istanbul Summit as a member of the delegation of Georgia

1992  -  Participation in the preparation and work of the CSCE Helsinki Summit (Helsinki II)

Publications

1984 - 1991 - Articles and other publicist letters were prepared for Georgian-language papers and magazines and a number of research articles published in Georgian and Russian scientific magazines

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary