The government of Georgia has submitted seven new ambassadors to Germany, Bulgaria, China, Iran, Japan, Jordan and Uzbekistan to President Georgi Margvelashvili for approval.
After the new constitutional provisions entered into force on November 17, the Georgian parliament was excluded from the process of approving ambassadors. Under the new rules, the President will appoint and dismiss ambassadors submitted by the government, Georgia Online reports.
For the vacant post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany, the Government of Georgia at its meeting on November 25 approved the candidacy of Lado Chanturia, who in 1998-1999 was the Minister of Justice, and in 1999-2004 Chairman of the Supreme Court, and then until 2007 worked as an advisor to the President of Georgia.
For the vacant post of Georgian ambassador to Iran and Pakistan the candidacy of Iosif Chakhvashvili was presented; since 2009 he has been Georgia's ambassador to Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
For the vacant post of Georgian ambassador to China the candidacy of David Aptsiauri was presented; in August 2004 he became the ambassador of Georgia to the Baltic countries.
The candidate for Georgia's ambassador to Japan is Levan Tsintsadze, the current director of the Department of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
The candidate for the Ambassador of Georgia to Uzbekistan is Constantine Zhgenti, who in 2004-2005 was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Austria.
The candidate for the Ambassador of Georgia to Bulgaria is Zurab Beridze, who until 2008 for four years was Extraordinary Ambassador of Georgia to Romania and Moldova.
The candidate for the Ambassador of Georgia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon is Grigol Tabatadze, who in 2009-2010 was the ambassador of Georgia to Armenia.
