Tamar Beruchashvili ( ka, თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი; born 9 April 1961) is a Georgian diplomat and politician who served as the Georgian Ambassador to the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

between 2016 and 2020, and previously was the

Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

, a position she held from 11 November 2014 until 1 September 2015. She had previously served as Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations from 1998 until 2000 and Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration in 2004. She also worked as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2013 until her appointment as minister in 2014. Beruchashvili also worked as a professor at

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

from 2000 until 2010. She was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 11 November 2014, and held that post until 1 September 2015, when she was replaced by

Giorgi Kvirikashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili ( ka, გიორგი კვირიკაშვილი; born 20 July 1967) is a Georgian politician who was Prime Minister of Georgia from 30 December 2015 to 13 June 2018. Prior to that he was Minister of Economy and ...

. Beruchashvili was later appointed the new Georgian Ambassador to the

from 2016 to 2020.

Education

Between 1978 and 1985, she pursued his studies at

Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia The Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы), also known as RUDN University and until 1992 and after Marc ...

. She enrolled in the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences, as well as the Faculty of Foreign Languages, where she studied French. Through her academic endeavors, she obtained qualifications as a chemist-researcher, teacher for secondary and higher education levels, and a translator. From 1996 to 1998, she attended Indiana State University in Bloomington, USA, where she studied at the Faculty of International and Comparative Relations. In 1998, she obtained a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree. Between 2002 and 2006, she pursued post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Economics at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. During this period, she earned a Doctor of Economics qualification. Concurrently, from 2002 to 2006, she undertook professional training in commercial diplomacy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

References

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