Davit Kotaria

Date and Place of Birth

2 July 1958, Poti, Georgia

Professional Experience

19/02/2025 – Present – Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Uzbekistan

01/2024 – 02/2025 – Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Georgia in the Republic of Uzbekistan

2019 – 2024 – Levan Mikeladze Diplomatic Training and Research Institute – Researcher

2012 – 2017 – Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Belarus

2007 – 2012 – Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Georgia in the Republic of Belarus

2004 – 2007 – Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Georgia in Ukraine

2002 – 2004 – Head of the Department of South-Eastern European Countries, Second European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1998 – 2002 – Senior Counsellor, Embassies of Georgia in Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, and Romania

1998 – Deputy Head, Department of Official Correspondence, Executive Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

1993 – 1997 – Director, Leko-M Company, including 1994–1996 – Advisor, Investment Department, Reconstruction and Development Bank of the Russian Federation

1975 – 1993 – Various positions in state organizations, from Technical Worker to Head of Construction Department

Education

1982 – Graduated from the Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Civil and Industrial Engineering

Diplomatic Rank

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador