Grigol Vashadze
| Grigol Vashadze | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia | |
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In office 6 December 2008 – 25 October 2012 |
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| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Prime Minister | Nikoloz Gilauri |
| Preceded by | Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili |
| Succeeded by | Maia Panjikidze |
| Minister for Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport of Georgia | |
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In office 2 November 2008 – 10 December 2008 |
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| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Prime Minister | Grigol Mgaloblishvili |
| Preceded by | Nikoloz Vacheishvili |
| Succeeded by | Nikoloz Rurua |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia | |
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In office 6 February – 2 November |
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| Personal details | |
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19 July 1958 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Nina Ananiashvili (m. 1988–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodoxy |
| Website | [1] |
Grigol Vashadze (Georgian: გრიგოლ ვაშაძე, also transliterated as Gregory Vashadze) (born July 19, 1958) is a Georgian politician, diplomat and a former member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of the Minister for Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport (2008) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (2008–2012).
Born in Tbilisi, Vashadze graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1981 and worked for the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, simultaneously doing his postgraduate training in international law at the Soviet Diplomatic Academy. At one time, he was a member of Soviet diplomatic team at the START I talks with the United States. He worked in Department of International Organizations and Department of Cosmos and Nuclear Weapons of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union.
From 1990 to 2008, Vashadze engaged in private business and lived mostly in Moscow and New York. He returned to Georgia in 2005. In February 2008, he was appointed Deputy to the Foreign Minister David Bakradze whom he succeeded as an acting minister in April 2008. He continued to work as Deputy Foreign Minister and became Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia in December 2008, succeeding Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili. In October 2012, he was succeeded by Maia Panjikidze.
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