Lasha Zhvania
- January 6, 2024
- Diplomat
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Lasha Zhvania Biography
| Name | Lasha Zhvania |
| Birthday | Oct 14 |
| Birth Year | 1973 |
| Place Of Birth | Tbilisi |
| Home Town | Tbilisi |
| Birth Country | Georgia |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Spouse | Tea Kiknavelidze |
Lasha Zhvania is one of the most popular and richest Diplomat who was born on October 14, 1973 in Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia. Lasha Zhvania was born in Tbilisi, the then-capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic on 14 October 1973. Educated at the Tbilisi Public School N.1, he would study International Law and International Relations at the Ivane Javakhishvili State University until 1995, before conducting a PhD study on International Humanitarian and Refugee Law at the same university until 1998. He would also attend courses in 1995 and 1998 at Leeds University and Birmingham University in the United Kingdom.
On 10 August 2004, following President Saakashvili’s appointment, Zhvania is confirmed by the Parliament as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the State of Israel, based out of Tel-Aviv. He takes his functions on 15 March 2005, become Georgia’s second Ambassador to Israel since the establishment of bilateral relations in 1992. On 29 September, he is also accredited to represent Georgia in Cyprus, becoming Georgia’s first Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus since the establishment of bilateral relations in 1993.
As Ambassador, Zhvania oversaw the inclusion of Israel into a visa liberalization plan passed by Parliament in April 2005. The plan allowed for a visa-free travel regime for all Israeli citizens coming to Georgia, in order to attract more tourists and businesses. He also helped planning highly publicized visits of Georgian officials to Israel, including that of Foreign Affairs Minister Gela Bezhuashvili in October 2007 and President Saakashvili in November 2006 and May 2008. He also managed over a serious increase in economic relations between Georgia and Israel, notably by more than doubling the trade balance between both countries in his first year in office.
As Ambassador to Cyprus, Lasha Zhvania notably facilitated the 2006 beginning of archaeological excavations of the Gialia Monastery, a 10th-century Georgian establishment.
In 1998, he was appointed as the consul for the Embassy of Georgia to the State of Israel, a position he would keep until his 2002 appointment as Deputy Minister of Finance. He would also serve during that time as a member of the Anti-Corruption Council of Georgia, when the Western-backed political opposition overthrew the government of Eduard Shevardnadze in what came to be known as the Rose Revolution.
Lasha Zhvania Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Diplomat |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lasha Zhvania is one of the richest Diplomat from Georgia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lasha Zhvania 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Lasha Zhvania (Georgian: ლაშა ჟვანია ; born on 14 October 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian politician, diplomat, businessman, and social activist who currently serves as Head of the Presidential Administration of Georgia for the country’s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili.
As a student, he interned in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before being appointed as the Third Secretary of the Ministry’s Political Department in 1995 at just 22 years old. His career would give him higher positions within the MFA, eventually working in its Division for Africa, Australia, and Pacific Rim States, its Department for CIS States, and its Division for Multilateral Relations.
The new government, led by young president Mikheil Saakashvili, led a complete overhaul of the central bureaucracy. During the reforms, Zhvania was appointed in 2004 as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the leadership of Salome Zourabichvili, the former French ambassador to Georgia named as Minister of Foreign Affairs by Saakashvili.
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A diplomat by education, he began an international affairs career by working in Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notably by serving as the country’s Ambassador to Israel and Cyprus. He would eventually join the political field, becoming a member of the Georgian Parliament, and the Minister of Economic Development for a short period of time after the August 2008 war against Russia.
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Lasha Ranked on the list of most popular Diplomat. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Georgia. Lasha Zhvania celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.
Disagreements with other members of the government arose soon after the beginning of his mandate. In March 2009, he came at odds with Foreign Affairs Minister Grigol Vashadze, following the latter’s announcement that Georgian economy would grow by at least 2.5% during the first half of 2009, a claim denied by Zhvania, would stated that the post-war economy meant a mere 1% growth in the same period. This regime, however, did not prevent him from scoring a major investment deal with Egyptian company Fresh Electric, a home appliances manufacturing group seeking to create a free industrial zone in Kutaisi and planning a $3.3 billion investment in western Georgia.