Grigol Vashadze

Grigol Vashadze (Georgian გრიგოლ ვაშაძე; born July 19, 1958 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian diplomat, businessman and politician. From 2008 to 2012, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

Life

In 1975 he graduated from the Tbilisi secondary school N61. In 1981 he graduated from the Faculty of International Law at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with distinction. In the same year he joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry, worked in the departments of International Organizations and Komo and nuclear weapons. With a negotiating team, he participated in conversations about the disarmament agreements START I. 1988 to 1990 he took a post-graduate studies at the Soviet diplomatic academy.

In 1990, Vashadze to the private sector. He lived as an entrepreneur in Moscow and New York, founded and directed the Company Georgia Arts Management and Gregory Vashadze and BR.

In 2005 he returned to Georgia. On 6 February 2008, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, there was preoccupied with the Georgian- Russian relations .. On 1 November of the same year he took over the post of Minister of Culture. On December 5, President Saakashvili appointed him Secretary of State of Georgia. On October 25, 2012, he was replaced by Maja Pandschikidse.

Grigol Vashadze is the prima ballerina and artistic director of the Georgian National Ballet, Nino Ananiashvili, married. They have two children, Nodar and Elene. In addition to Georgian, he speaks Russian, English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and French.