Mikheil Janelidze
| Mikheil Janelidze მიხეილ ჯანელიძე |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 30 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
| Preceded by | Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
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| Born | 29 March 1981 |
| Political party | Georgian Dream |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater |
Tbilisi State University Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Caucasus University |
Mikheil Janelidze (Georgian: მიხეილ ჯანელიძე; born 29 March 1981) is a Georgian politician. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia was appointed on 30 December 2015 by his predecessor, later Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Mr. Janelidze served as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia from September 2015 until his appointment as Minister. In this capacity, he had a portfolio of Georgia’s relations with the United States and Canada as well as economic diplomacy.
Prior to moving to the Georgian Foreign Service, Mr. Janelidze has enjoyed an extensive career at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in the period of 2009–2015 initially as Director of Foreign Trade and International Economic Affairs Department, and, since 2011, as Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. Throughout these years he also served as Georgia’s Chief Trade Negotiator with the EU and Chairman of Intergovernmental Economic Commissions with various countries. Before joining the public service and taking up the government job, Mr. Janelidze worked for the private sector as a manager and an entrepreneur in the area of business development and management consulting mostly focused on international trade and investment.
Mr. Janelidze earned his bachelor's degree with honors in International Relations from Tbilisi State University in 2002. Later, in 2003-2006, he continued his postgraduate studies in International Law and European Law at the Diplomatic Academy in the Russian Federation. In 2011, Mr. Janelidze earned his master's degree in Business Administration with Distinction from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France and the International Executive MBA from CSB in Georgia. Prior to that, in 1996-1997, Mr. Janelidze studied at the Hochwald Gymnasium in Wadern, Germany.
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