Roland Beridze

September 12, 1959, Rustavi, Georgia

07/2023 - present – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of South Africa

02/2022 – 07/2023 – Deputy Director, American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

08/2019 – 02/2022 – Senior Fellow, Levan Mikeladze Diplomatic Training and Research Institute, MFA of Georgia

06/2014 – 07/2019 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the State of Kuwait

01/2003 – 05/2014 – Vice-President, “Georgian Airways”

09/2002 – 02/2003 – Director, American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

06/1997 – 07/2001 – Counselor, Georgian Embassy in Washington, DC

07/1992 – 04/1997 – Head of Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

01/1990 – 07/1992 – Deputy Head of Diplomatic Protocol, MFA of Georgia

06/1983 – 01/1992 – Second Secretary, First secretary, MFA

2001 - 2002 – Princeton University, Master in Public Policy

1976 - 1982 – Tbilisi State Institute of Foreign Languages

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary