- მთავარი
- Ambassador
- Temur Kekelidze
Temur Kekelidze
Date of Birth: 19.07.1975
Professional Experience:
August 2020 – Present, Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Cyprus
Ministy of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
January, 2018 – August 2020 Head of the Border Police, Ministry of internal Affairs of Georgia;
June, 2017 – January, 2018 – Acting Director of the Department of Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
September, 2016 – May, 2017 – Deputy Director of the Department of Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
February, 2012 – July, 2016 – Deputy Head of the mission of Georgia to NATO, Brussels, Belgium;
October, 2007 – February, 2012 – Deputy Director of the Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
April, 2006 - October, 2007 – Head of the Policy Planning Division, Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
January, 2006 - March, 2006 - Head of the NATO Division of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
November, 2005 – January, 2006 - National Security Council, Assistant of the Secretary;
August, 2004 – November, 2005 – Deputy Director of the Defence Development Department, National Security Council;
April, 2003 – August, 2003 – Head of the Multilateral Cooperation Division, Defence Policy and International Relations Department, Ministry of Defence of Georgia;
October, 2002 - April, 2003 - Head of NATO Unit, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Defence Policy and International Relations Department, Ministry of Defence of Georgia;
September 2001 – October, 2002 – specialist of the NATO Unit, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Defence Policy and International Relations Department, Ministry of Defence of Georgia.
Education:
2003 – 2004 - Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University (Great Britain); Master’s Degree in Global Security Sciences;
1998 – 2001 – Post Graduate School of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Specialization – History of Georgia;
1992 – 1997 - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Faculty of History.
Language Skills:
English; Russian.
Marital Status:
Married, 2 children.