Zviad Kvachantiradze

Zviad Kvachantiradze (born May 7, 1965, Ozurgeti) is a Georgian diplomat. He was formerly Consul General of Georgia in Istanbul, Turkey, from 2005-2009 and Secretary-General of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission from 2000 to 2004. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary since 2001.

Education

Kvachantiradze graduated from the Faculty of History and Law of the State University in Yaroslavl, Russia in 1990.^{[citation needed]} In 1995 he obtained a diploma in Social Market Economy and Public Relations from Carl Duisberg College in Cologne, Germany.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Early career

From 1991 to 1993, Kvachantiradze was the manager of the academic interchange program at the Georgian branch of the ICSC-World Laboratory, an international non-governmental organisation in Tbilisi.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993 Kvachantiradze was among the pioneers of public relations in Georgia and co-founded the Tbilisi Public Relations Centre (TPRC), the first PR company in Georgia.^{[citation needed]} The same year, under the leadership of conductor Jansug Kakhidze, he helped to found the Georgian Society of Patrons of Music.^{[citation needed]} As co-president of the society he contributed to founding the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra.^{[citation needed]}

In January 1994 Kvachantiradze won Germany's Carl Duisberg scholarship and moved to Cologne for to study. After graduating from the Carl Duisberg College he worked in a professional practice in Germany, including responsibilities in the German Foreign Office in Bonn.^{[citation needed]}

In March 1996 Kvachantiradze returned to Georgia and joined the civil service as a State Advisor in the state chancellery of the President of Georgia.^{[citation needed]} He also served as director of the Department of European Integration and International Relations of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.^{[citation needed]} From 1997 to 2000 he was a member of the Committee of Deputies in the European Conference of the Ministers of Transport (ECMT, now International Transport Forum), as well as a member of the Inland Transport Committee of the UN ECE.^{[citation needed]}

Diplomat

In 2000 Kvachantiradze was elected a first Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the newly-established intergovernmental organisation, Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA), based in Baku, Azerbaijan,^{[citation needed]}, the establishment of which he personally contributed. In 2002-2004 he also was a President (in office) of the Caspian International Club of Transport and Communications.^{[citation needed]} In 2004 he returned to Tbilisi, Georgia and reentered the Georgian foreign service as Head of the Directorate for the Council of Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.^{[citation needed]} In 2005 Kvachantiradze was appointed Consul General of Georgia to Turkey.^[1]

Post-diplomatic career

Kvachantiradze has been the chairman of the board of the Georgian Quality Foundation since February 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Kvachantiradze is married with two sons.^{[citation needed]} He speaks Georgian, English, German, Russian and Turkish languages.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Georgian Exhibition at Istanbul International Airport". Department of Tourism and Resorts of Georgia. 4 June 2009. http://www.dotr.gov.ge/eng/news.php?id=146. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
• Kvatchantiradze, Zviad (2003). "ТRACECA - Not Competition But Purpose of Economic Cooperation". CaspianEnergy.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080621214402/http://www.caspenergy.com/15/tracecaeng.html. 

Persondata
Name	Kvachantiradze, Zviad
Alternative names
Short description	Georgian diplomat
Date of birth	7 May 1965
Place of birth	Ozurgeti
Date of death
Place of death