Konstantine "Kote" Gabashvili () (born September 26, 1948) is a
Georgian politician and diplomat. An
Orientalist by training, he has been in government service since 1989. He was a member of the
Parliament of Georgia in 1992 and again from 2004 to 2008. He has also served as
Minister of Education (1992—1993),
Mayor of Tbilisi (1993), Ambassador to
Germany (1993—2004) and, simultaneously, to
Poland (2001—2004). Since August 2008, he has been Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the
Italian Republic,
Republic of Malta and
San Marino.
[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Dr. Konstantin Gabashvili, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Italian Republic, Republic of Malta and San Marino. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. 2011-04-10.]
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Biography
Konstantine Gabashvili was born on September 26, 1948 in
Tbilisi, the capital of then-
Soviet Georgia. He graduated
Tbilisi State University with a degree in the Oriental studies in 1971. He tutored at his
alma mater for several years until 1993. From 1989 to 1991 he worked for the Soviet government of Georgia as a Deputy Minister of Education. After the military coup, which overthrew
President of Georgia
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Zviad Gamsakhurdia in January 1992, Gabashvili joined the
State Council of Georgia
State Council of the Republic of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს რესპუბლიკის სახელმწიფო საბჭო, tr) was a temporary supreme governing body of the country, which was established i ...
, an interim body, which relegated its rights to the newly elected parliament in October 1992. Gabashvili held a seat in this new legislature for only two months as he was moved to the post of Ministry of Education in December 1992. Georgia's Head of State
Eduard Shevardnadze made him Mayor of Tbilisi from February to October 1993.
With the appointment as an ambassador to Germany later in 1993, Gabashvili's decade-long diplomatic career in
Berlin began. In 2001, he simultaneously assumed the position of ambassador to
Poland. After the November 2003
Rose Revolution, which toppled Eduard Shevardnadze and brought the young reformer
Mikheil Saakashvili to power, Gabashvili resumed his political career in Georgia. Closely allied with Saakashvili, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia on a
United National Movement ticket in 2004. For four years of his tenure, Gabashvili chaired the parliamentary Committee for Foreign Relations. In August 2008, he was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Italy, Malta, and San Marino.
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1948 births
Diplomats from Tbilisi
Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to Italy
Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to Germany
Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to Poland
Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to Malta
Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to San Marino
Politicians from Tbilisi
Members of the Parliament of Georgia
Tbilisi State University alumni
Academic staff of Tbilisi State University
Orientalists from Georgia (country)
Living people
Mayors of Tbilisi