Since 2001 Shota Gvineria has been working on various positions in Georgia\u2019s public sector. Currently he covers NATO integration and security policy related issues as the Ambassador at Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. In his previous capacity, he held the position of the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Georgia until August 2016.<\/p>\n
From May 2010 till June 2014 he served as an Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Alongside with strengthening political, economic and cultural relations between Georgia and the Netherlands, Ambassador was also representing his country in international organizations based in The Hague.<\/p>\n
In 2010, Mr. Gvineria was promoted to the position of a Director of European Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Prior to that mission, in 2008 \u2013 2009, he served as a Head of NATO Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. In the period of April 2006 \u2013 October 2008, Mr. Gvineria was posted as a Councilor to the Georgian Mission to NATO.<\/p>\n
In 2015 Mr. Gvineria obtained his Master\u2019s degree in Strategic Security Studies at Washington\u2019s National Defense University. He also earned his Master\u2019s in International Relations from Diplomatic School of Madrid in 2005. Earlier he completed his Master\u2019s in Public Administration at Georgian Technical University. Mr. Gvineria speaks Georgian, English, Russian, Spanish and some French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14104,"template":"","years_alumni":[253],"class_list":["post-14103","alumni_post_type","type-alumni_post_type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","years_alumni-253"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n