Valeri Chechelashvili, Ph. D.

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: March 17, 1961, Tbilisi, Georgia

Marital Status: Married, 3 children

Languages: Mother tongue – Georgian, fluent in English, Russian,

Working languages – Ukrainian, Turkish

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1978-1983

Masters degree from Kiev State University, Faculty of the International Relations and International Law, Department of International Economic Relations.

1983-1987

Ph.D. in International Economy, Graduate School at the Kiev State University, Faculty of the International Relations and International Law, Department of International Economic Relations. Paper title: “Participation of Georgia to the foreign economic relations of the USSR".

Author of a number of articles published in Turkey, Romania, Ukraine and Georgia on the regional economic cooperation and international relations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2007

Secretary General of the Organization for democracy and economic development – GUAM

Nov.2005

First Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia

July 2005

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Swiss confederation, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva

Feb-June 2005

Minister of Finance of Georgia

2004-2005

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Russian Federation

2000-2004

Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

1998-2000

Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia

1994-1998

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine and Moldova

1992-1994

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia, Director of the Department of International Economic Relations

1991-1992

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia, First Deputy Director of the Department of International Economic Relations

1990-1991

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia, Deputy Director of the Department of International Economic Relations

1989-1990

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia, First Secretary of the Department of International Economic Relations

1988-1989

Joint Stock Company “Gruzkurort”, Deputy Head of foreign relations department

1987-1988

Ministry of Light Industry of the Republic of Georgia, specialist of foreign economic relations department

Diplomatic Rank – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

AWARDS

September 2006

Awarded with the Order for Merit (1st Degree) – Award of the President of Ukraine

April 2002

Awarded by the International Academy of rating technologies and sociology with St. George’s Medal “Honour, Glory, Labour” (1st Degree)

March 2002

Medal of the Minister of Interior of Ukraine for the “Contribution to International Cooperation”

October 1998

Awarded with the Order for Merit (2nd Degree) – Award of the President of Ukraine