Zurab Abashidze
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Education
1973 - Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages
Professional Experience
1974-1978 - First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
1978-1980 - Attaché of the Soviet Consulate in Bombay;
1980-1984 - Head of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
1984-1988 - Adviser to the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Spain;
1993-2000 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Benelux countries and Head of the Georgian Mission to the European Union and NATO;
2000 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;
2000-2004 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Russian Federation;
2012 - Appointed Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
