Otar Berdzenishvili

Date and Place of Birth

September 19, 1978, Tbilisi, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 - Present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Bulgaria

2022 - 2023 - Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

2017 - 2022 - Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Korea.

2016 - Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

2011 - 2016 - Ambassador of Georgia to the Federative Republic of Brazil and Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

2009 - 2010 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Department of the Americas, Director.

2008  - 2009 - Ministry of Defense of Georgia, Deputy Minister.

2004  - 2008 - Embassy of Georgia to the USA, Canada and Mexico, First Secretary.

2000 - 2004 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Department of International Organizations, United Nations Division, Second Secretary.

EDUCATION

2009 - George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Global Security, Transnational Challenge, International Norms, Armed Conflict and Terrorism.

2008 - NATO Defense Collage, Rome, Italy - Euro Atlantic Security, NATO Transformation, Global Security Environment and NATO.

2005 - 2006 - John Hopkins University, SAIS Summer Programs - School of Advanced International Studies - International Relations, Foreign Policy and International Business.

1999 - 2001 - Master of Public Administration, Georgian Institute of Public Administration Tbilisi, Georgia.

1995 - 1999 - Graduated from Humanitarian Technical University, Tbilisi, with a Bachelors in Public Administration.

1995 - Completed Tbilisi Secondary School N 1.

Accomplishments

The Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and  Plenipotentiary