Mikheil Janelidze

Mikheil Janelidze (Georgian: მიხეილ ჯანელიძე; born 29 March 1981)[1] is a former government official who served as the Vice Prime Minister of Georgia in 2017–2018[2] and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in 2015-2018.[3] Janelidze served as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia from September 2015 until his appointment as Minister. In this capacity, he had a portfolio of Georgia's relations with the United States and Canada as well as economic diplomacy.

Mikheil Janelidze
მიხეილ ჯანელიძე
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 December 2015 – 13 June 2018
Prime MinisterGiorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded byGiorgi Kvirikashvili
Succeeded byDavid Zalkaliani
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office
12 July 2017 – 13 June 2018
Prime MinisterGiorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded byKakha Kaladze
Succeeded byMaya Tskitishvili
Personal details
Born (1981-03-29) 29 March 1981
Political partyGeorgian Dream (until June 2018)
Children1
Alma materTbilisi State University
Grenoble Graduate School of Business
Caucasus University
MIT Sloan School of Management

Career

Prior to moving to the Georgian Foreign Service, Janelidze has enjoyed an extensive career at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in the period of 2009–2015 initially as Director of Foreign Trade and International Economic Affairs Department, and, since 2011, as Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. Throughout these years he also served as Georgia's Chief Trade Negotiator with the EU and Chairman of Intergovernmental Economic Commissions with various countries. Before joining the public service and taking up the government job, Janelidze worked for the private sector as a manager and an entrepreneur in the area of business development and management consulting mostly focused on international trade and investment.

Education

Janelidze earned his bachelor's degree with honors in International Relations from Tbilisi State University in 2002. Later, in 2003-2006, he continued his postgraduate studies in International Law and European Law at the Diplomatic Academy in the Russian Federation. In 2011, Janelidze earned his master's degree in Business Administration with Distinction from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France and the International Executive MBA from CSB in Georgia. Janelidze completed an Executive Program of MIT Sloan School of Management on Artificial Intelligence in 2018. Prior to that, in 1996–1997, Janelidze studied at the Hochwald Gymnasium in Wadern, Germany.

Personal life

Besides his native Georgian, Minister Janelidze speaks English, German and Russian languages. Janelidze is married and has a daughter.[4]

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See also

References
  1. "Government of Georgia – Members". gov.ge. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  2. "საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze has been appointed Vice-Premier". mfa.gov.ge. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  3. "საქართველოს საგარეო საქმეთა სამინისტრო - მინისტრი". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. "Georgian Politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs Of Georgia - Mikheil Janelidze". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Giorgi Kvirikashvili		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015–2018		 Succeeded by
David Zalkaliani


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