Alexander Chkuaseli

Date and Place of Birth

June 26, 1979, Tbilisi, Georgia

Professional Experience

04/2025 - Present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Kingdom of Spain; Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

20/12/2024 - 04/2025 - Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Kingdom of Spain and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

2021 - 20/12/2024 – Consul General of Georgia in Barcelona

2016 - 2021 – Head of Division of High-Level Delegations, Diplomatic Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2016 - Acting Head of the Department of Defense Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defense of Georgia

2015 - 2016 – Deputy Director, Defense Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of Defense of Georgia

2014 - 2015 – Director of Protocol Department, Ministry of Defense of Georgia

2010 - 2014 – Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim of Georgia to the Republic of Slovenia, Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Slovenia

08/2010 - 11/2010 – Counselor, Embassy of Georgia to the Slovak Republic

07/2010 – Counselor, OSCE Division, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2006 - 2010 – I Secretary, Head of Consular Section, Embassy of Georgia to the Slovak Republic

01/2006 - 07/2006 – Counselor, Diplomatic Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2005 - 2006 – II Secretary, Diplomatic Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

2003 - 2004 – III Secretary, Diplomatic Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

02/2003 - 06/2003 – Chief Specialist, Foreign Policy Research and Analysis Centre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Education

2014 - 2016 – Department of Social Sciences, Georgian Technical University (Tbilisi, Georgia)

2010 - 2014 – Institute of International Relations and European Studies, Comenius University in Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia)

1995 - 2000 – Economics and Management, Tbilisi State Institute of Economic Relations (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Courses and Practices

2020 - Program: Management and Leadership in Public Service, Public Service Bureau of Georgia, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Great Britain, Kingdom of Northern Ireland between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Sweden - Diploma

2019 - Program: National Civil Security System and
Promotion of National Preparedness, US Forces European Command, Office of Bilateral Cooperation, US Defense Security Agency, and Emergency Management Office - Diploma

2019 - International Program: Knowledge-Based Organization,
Ground Forces Academy of Romania - Diploma

2019 - Program: Fundamentals of Cyber Security and Computing Minimum Security Rules for the employees of the Public Sector, Diplomatic Training and Research Institute, and Cyber Security Educational Research Center - Diploma

2019 - Program: People Management and Organization Development, The Ministry of Defense of Georgia - Diploma

2017 - 2018 - Program: National Security and Public Policy, Georgian Strategy and International Relations Research Foundation and US Embassy in Georgia - Diploma

2016 - Global security: Perspectives of Georgia - Diplomatic Training Center of Levan Mikeladze and NATO-Georgia Professional Development Program NATO-Georgia (PDP) - Diploma

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY

2019 - 2021– Associate Professor, Defense Analysis MA Program, David Aghmashenebeli National Defense Academy of Georgia

2018 - Present – Associate Professor, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs – GIPA

2018 - 2019 – Invited Professor, Defense and Security BA Program, David  Aghmashenebeli National Defense Academy of Georgia

Diplomatic Rank

Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary