Ambassador's Biography
Zaal Gogsadze
Born: 21 November 1954
Married, has two children
Professional Experience
3 November, 2018 – present - Ambassador of Georgia to
Hungary
June, 2013 – October 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
Selected 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
Language Skills English and Russian (fluent), Italian
(good)
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