Victor Dolidze – Biography

Victor Dolidze. Photo: OSCE/David Khizanishvili

July 15, 2005–February, 2009 – Head of the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the OSCE and other International Organisations based in Vienna.

July 1, 2004–July 15, 2005 – Director, Department of International Security, National Security Council of Georgia.

June, 2001 – June 30, 2004 – Counsellor, Mission of Georgia to NATO, Brussels, Belgium.

August, 2000 – June, 2001 – Counsellor, Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mission of Georgia to the European Communities and NATO.

August, 1999 – August, 2000 – Counsellor, Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

November, 1998 – August, 1999 – Head of Bilateral Relations Division, Department for Politico-Military Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia.

April, 1997 – November, 1998 – Deputy Head of NATO Division, Department for Politico-Military Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia.

June, 1996 – November, 1997 – held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Academic Background

2004 – George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

1999 – Defense Resource Management Institute, Monterey, California

1998 – Swedish National Defense College

1997 – NATO Defense College, Rome

1990 – 1995 – Tbilisi State University, Georgia. Masters Degree in International Law and International Relations.

Foreign Languages:      
English; Russian; French

Source: the Georgian Foreign Ministry

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