Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Ilia Darchiashvili

Place of Birth

Sighnaghi

Education

1998-2002 - Bachelor's degree in economics, Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University;

2002-2004 - Master's degree in economics, Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University;

2008-2011 - Master's degree in business administration, Grenoble Graduate School of Management, France;

Work experience

2003-2004 - Financial Control and Supervision Officer, Bank Republic JSC;

2004-2006 - Head of the Unit for Serving Individual Clients, Bank Republic JSC;

2006-2012 - Branch Manager, Bank Republic JSC/Societe Generale Group;

2012-2014 - Georgian Embassy in the Republic of Poland;

2014-2015 - First Deputy Director, Municipal Development Fund of Georgia LEPL;

2015 - Executive Director, Municipal Development Fund of Georgia LEPL;

2015-2016 - First Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia;

2015-2016 - Member of the Supervisory Board, United Airports of Georgia;

2017-2021 - Georgia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Poland;

2021-2022 - Head of the Government Administration of Georgia

2022 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Other Languages

English, Polish, and Russian

European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Irakli Kobakhidze went on an official visit to the Republic of Turkey
Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania will visit Georgia on May 15
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Gocha Javakhishvili insulted both the state and the agency in which he served for many years
Vice-President of the European Commission: I advised Ilia Darchiashvili to review our directive - the EU plans to do this without stigmatizing NGOs and labeling them as foreign agents
Ilia Darchiashvili: I explained to the vice-president of the European Commission the need for the country to have specific mechanisms that will overcome the challenges in terms of security
Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Brussels on April 29-30
Irakli Kobakhidze to participate in Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary
Irakli Kobakhidze went to Germany on an official visit
PSC delegation: The time is short, and the time is now to implement the Nine Steps and avoid any decisions that could obstruct the way toward the EU
PSC delegation: The door to EU membership is now open
Ilia Darchiashvili: The government is consistently and purposefully implementing reforms - we received messages of support from the ambassadors
Irakli Kobakhidze to pay official visit to Armenia
Ilia Darchiashvili: We will continue to work so that not only the exercise of the right to vote is protected, but also that citizens living abroad can use the services that we offer in specific countries as much as possible
The Parliament listens to Ilia Darchiashvili on the issue of the participation of Georgian citizens living abroad in the elections
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Central Election Commission, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, plans to actively conduct an information campaign regarding the participation of Georgian citizens in the elections abroad
The President is hosting Jens Stoltenberg in Orbeliani Palace
Ilia Darchiashvili on the abduction of Georgian citizens near the Mexican border: No one is abducted, don't mislead our citizens!
Ilia Darchiashvili on the Prime Minister's visit to Azerbaijan: Both the Georgian and Azerbaijani sides are interested in deepening and strengthening the existing relations
Steven Blockmans: If Georgia misses the opportunity to get closer to the EU, it will take a long time to repair the damage caused by the autocratic regime