Zurab Pataradze

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

February 12, 1973, Batumi, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

08/2018 - Present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

July 15, 2016 – July 21, 2018 - Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.

2013 - 2016 -  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2012 - 2013 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Türkiye.

2011 - 2012 -  Consul General of Georgia in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye.

2011 - Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

2009 - 2010 - Consul General of Georgia in Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Republic.

2009 (March 4 – May 1) - Consul of the Georgian Interests Section of the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to the Russian Federation.

2007 - 2009 - Consul of the Embassy of Georgia to the Russian Federation.

2004 - 2007 -  Head of Consular Section of the Embassy of Georgia to the Russian Federation.

2000 - 2004 - Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

2000 -  Center of Research and Analysis of Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

1996 - 2000 -  Central Staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. 

1994 - 1996 - Bank Institutions in Batumi.

EDUCATION

1994 - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Finance and Credit Studies.

2007 - Batumi State University, Legal Studies.

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary