Otar Berdzenishvili

DATE OF BIRTH: September 19, 1978

PLACE OF BIRTH: Tbilisi, Georgia

EDUCATION

1995 - Completed Tbilisi Secondary School N 1.
1995-1999 - Graduated from Humanitarian Technical University, Tbilisi, with a Bachelors in Public Administration.
1999-2001 - Master of Public Administration, Georgian Institute of Public Administration Tbilisi, Georgia.
2005-2006 - John Hopkins University, SAIS Summer Programs - School of Advanced International Studies - International Relations, Foreign Policy and International Business.
2008 - NATO Defense Collage, Rome, Italy - Euro Atlantic Security, NATO Transformation, Global Security Environment and NATO.
2009 - George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Global Security, Transnational Challenge, International Norms, Armed Conflict and Terrorism.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-2004 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Department of International Organizations, United Nations Division, Second Secretary.
2004 -2008 - Embassy of Georgia to the USA, Canada and Mexico, First Secretary.
2008 -2009 - Ministry of Defense of Georgia, Deputy Minister.
2009-2010 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Department of the Americas, Director.
2011-2016 - Ambassador of Georgia to the Federative Republic of Brazil and Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
2016 - Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
2017-2022 - Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Korea.
2022-2023 - Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

LANGUAGES - Georgian, English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian. 

AWARDS - The Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross.

MARRIED WITH 2 CHILDREN