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| Ambassador of Georgia to the United States | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 18, 2010 | |
| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| State Minister for Reintegration | |
| In office January 31, 2008 – November 20, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | David Bakradze (as State Minister for Conflicts Resolution) |
| Succeeded by | Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-09-03) September 3, 1967 (age 57) Tbilisi, Georgia |
Temuri Yakobashvili (Georgian: თემურ იაკობაშვილი, also transliterated as Temur Iakobashvili) (born September 3, 1967) is a Georgian political scientist, diplomat, and politician, serving as State Minister for Reintegration since 2008; he was named Deputy Prime Minister in 2009. On November 20, 2010, his nomination as Ambassador to the United States was announced.
Personal life
Yakobashvili was born into a Georgian Jewish family in Tbilisi. He graduated from the Department of Physics at Tbilisi State University in 1984. He attended diplomatic courses at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham (1998), the Yale University World Fellows Program (2002), and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government (2003). He is married to Yana Fremer and has two children. He speaks Georgian, Russian, Hebrew, and English.
Professional career
From 1990 to 2001, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia where he last served as the Director of the U.S., Canada and Latin America Department. He is a co-founder of, and from 2001 to 2008 was Executive Vice-President of, the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, the largest think tank in the South Caucasus. He is also a co-founder and member of the boards of the Georgian Council on Foreign Relations and Atlantic Council, and a member of the board of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. He has authored several publications on national security, conflict management, and foreign relations.
On January 31, 2008, he was appointed by the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili as State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration. He is the architect of Georgia's strategy of engagement with the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which aims to "promote interaction among the divided populations of Georgia, currently separated by occupation lines."
On November 20, 2010, his nomination as Ambassador to the United States was announced. In February 2012, he was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence.
References
- Temuri Yakobashvili – Biography. The Government of Georgia. Retrieved on November 15, 2010.
- Pundit Confirms Offer of State Minister Position. Civil Georgia. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
- Tbilisi Unveils Draft of its S.Ossetia, Abkhaz Strategy. Civil Georgia. Retrieved on November 15, 2010.
- Tbilisi’s Action Plan for Engagement. Civil Georgia. Retrieved on November 15, 2010.
- Reshuffle in Government, NSC. Civil Georgia. Retrieved on November 21, 2010.
- Presidential Medal of Excellence will be given to Yakobashvili. News.ge. Retrieved on January 10, 2012.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Diplomats of Georgia (country)
- Jews from Georgia (country)
- Political scientists from Georgia (country)
- Government ministers of Georgia (country)
- Jewish politicians
- People from Tbilisi
- People of the Russia–Georgia war
- Uppsala University faculty
- Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to the United States