Nikoloz Apkhazava

Date and Place of Birth

6 July 1971, Zugdidi, Georgia

 

Professional Experience

Sept 2025 –  Ambassador of Georgia to the Arab Republic of Egypt

Dec 2023 – June 2025 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, LEPL - Information Center on NATO and EU, Expert of Policy Analysis and Research

Sept 2017 – Sept 2022 - Ambassador of Georgia to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Kingdom of Cambodia
Feb 2012 - Feb 2017 Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Korea 

Sept 2008 - Dec 2011- Embassy of Georgia in Japan, Minister-Counsellor 

Sept - Oct 2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi
 Ambassador at-large

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
 Project Division 

Jan 1997 - Mar 1997 Hagler Bailly Consulting, Tbilisi, Georgia
Deputy Head, Legal Unit

Jan 1996 - Dec 1996 Georgian International Oil Corporation, Tbilisi, Georgia
Deputy Head, Legal Department 

Oct 1994 - Sept 1995 International Committee of the Red Cross, Tbilisi, Georgia
 Field Officer, Dissemination Department

Jul 1993 - Oct 1993 Parliament of Georgia, State Constitutional Commission, Tbilisi, Leading Specialist

 

EDUCATION

Apr 2000 - Sept 2003 Yokohama National University, Japan
 International Graduate School of Social Sciences; Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Major - International Law

Apr 1998 - Mar 2000 Yokohama National University, Japan
 Graduate School of International and Business Law;
 Master of International and Business Law

Apr 1997 - Mar 1998  Yokohama National University, Japan
 International Student Center,
 Japanese Language Courses; Certificate

Sept 1993 - Sept 1994 University of Ferrara, Italy; Law Faculty,
 Certificate in EC Law and International Law

Sept 1988 – Jun 1993 Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Georgia
 Faculty of International Law and International Relations; Diploma, Major - International Law

 

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary