Konstantine "Kote" Gabashvili (Georgian: კონსტანტინე [კოტე] გაბაშვილი) (born September 26, 1948) is a Georgian politician and diplomat. An Orientalist by training, he has been in government service since 1989. He was a member of the Parliament of Georgia in 1992 and again from 2004 to 2008. He has also served as Minister of Education (1992—1993), Mayor of Tbilisi (1993), Ambassador to Germany (1993—2004) and, simultaneously, to Poland (2001—2004). Since August 2008, he has been Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Italian Republic, Republic of Malta and San Marino.[1]