Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Georgia's foreign service – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Missions and Consular Services - serve fundamental national interests and values anchored in the Constitution of Georgia, the Foreign Policy Strategy as well as the National Security Concept. The Ministry drives Georgia’s foreign policy to enhance the security and international status of the country, and promote its interests in an increasingly globalizing world.[1]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on 26 May 1918, the same day Georgia declared its independence. Consequently, the foreign affairs commission, diplomatic missions, and other entities necessary for carrying out diplomatic work were formed abroad. The first Foreign Minister was Akaki Chkhenkeli,[2] a political leader. In November 1918, Evgeniy Gegechkori was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.  

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the main foreign policy agency of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. It held diplomatic negotiations on behalf of the government. The Ministry was accountable to the Parliament. The staff of the Ministry did not exceed 50 people and its structure was the following:[3]

• The Minister of Foreign Affairs - Director of the Ministry, Deputy Director, Legal Counsel, Secretary of the Minister.
• Personnel Department - the Head of the Personnel Department of the Minister, executive secretary, driver.
• Political Department - the Head of the Department, the Head of the European Division, the Head of the Asian Division, executive secretaries of the divisions, chancelleries and translators.
• General Department - the Head of the Department, executive secretary and his assistant, chancellery.
• Information Bureau - the Head of the Department, executive secretary, chancellery and translators.

• Minister's Secretariat
• Internal Audit Department
• Division of Classified Document Management
• Ambassadors at Large

General Directorate of Information and Public Relations:

→  Press and Information Department

→ Strategic Communications Department

General Directorate of European Integration:

→ Department of European Integration

→ Department of EU Assistance Coordination and Sectoral Integration

•  Department of Human Resources Management

•  Political Department

• Department of Security of Georgian Diplomatic Representations and Consular Offices Abroad

• Department of European Affairs

• Department of the Americas

• Department of NATO Integration

• Department of International Cultural and Humanitarian Relations

• Department of Diplomatic Protocol

• Department of International Law

• Department of Legal Issues and Relations with Parliament

• Consular Department

• Political Department

• Department of International Organisations

• Department of Neighbouring Countries

• Department of International Economic Relations

• Department of the Middle East and Africa

• Department of Asia and The Pacific

• Administrative Department

• Department for Relations with Diaspora

• IT Department

Legal Entities of Public Law

o   LEPL - Information Center on NATO and EU

LEPL Information Center on NATO and EU was established in 2005 and, since 2017, operates under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.[5] The Information Centre on NATO and EU aims to support Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration process through public diplomacy and strategic communication efforts, primarily focusing on maintaining and increasing knowledge-based public support towards the country's top foreign policy priorities - Georgia’s membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to the European Union.

o   LEPL - Levan Mikeladze Diplomatic Training and Research Institute

The goal of The Levan Mikeladze Diplomatic Training and Research Institute (DTRI) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (MFA) is to promote the continuous professional development of MFA staff and those forming the diplomatic reserve, taking into consideration Georgian foreign policy priorities, existing needs and trends. The Centre also aims to raise the awareness of foreign diplomats accredited to Georgia and strengthen the capacity of public officials working in the area of international relations.

o   LEPL - Bureau of Translation of International Agreements

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Republic of Georgia

• Akaki Chkhenkeli, May 25, 1918 – 1918
• Evgeni Gegechkori, 1918–1921

People's Commissars of Foreign Affairs of Georgian SSR

• Alexander Svanidze, 1921–1923
• Georgi Kiknadze, 1944–1946

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgian SSR

• Georgi Kiknadze, 1946–1953
• Archil Gigoshvili, 1953–1954
• Mitrofan Kuchava, 1954–1962
• Archil Gigoshvili, 1962–1969
• Georgi Chogovadze, 1969–1970
• Revaz Pruidze, 1970–1970
• Shalva Kiknadze, 1970–1979
• Teymuraz Gordeladze, 1979–1981
• Giorgi Javakhishvili, 1985–1990

https://mfa.gov.ge/

http://old.infocenter.gov.ge/