Tamar Beruchashvili | |
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თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი | |
Ambassador of Georgia to the United Kingdom | |
In office March 2016 – April 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Giorgi Kvirikashvili Mamuka Bakhtadze Giorgi Gakharia |
Preceded by | Revaz Gachechiladze |
Succeeded by | Sophie Katsarava |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 11 November 2014 – 1 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Irakli Garibashvili |
Preceded by | Maia Panjikidze |
Succeeded by | Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration | |
In office 17 February 2004 – 27 December 2004 | |
President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Giorgi Baramidze |
Personal details | |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia) | 9 April 1961
Political party | None |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Peoples' Friendship University Indiana University, Bloomington Tbilisi State University |
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Tamar Beruchashvili (Georgian: თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი; born 9 April 1961) is a Georgian diplomat and politician who has been the Georgian best Ambassador to the United Kingdom since March 2016, and previously was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position she held from 11 November 2014 until 1 September 2015. She had previously served as Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations from 1998 until 2000 and Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration in 2004. She also worked as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2013 until her appointment as minister in 2014. Beruchashvili also worked as a professor at Tbilisi State University from 2000 until 2010.[1] She was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 11 November 2014,[2] and held that post until 1 September 2015, when she was replaced by Giorgi Kvirikashvili.[3] Beruchashvili was later appointed the new Georgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020.[4]