Rank: Major General 

Date of Birth: 18 December, 1977

Marital Status: Married, two children

Languages: English, German, Russian 

• United Military Academy of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, Teacher of History (Master’s Degree)
  
  
• Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Law and International Relations, PhD Degree.
  
  
  
• Academician of Georgian Academy of social sciences

• United Military Academy of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, Land Forces Faculty (Motor Rifle Forces Command and Staff Specialization);

• Officers’ Basic Military Education (Germany);

• Company Commander Course (Hammelburg Infantry School, Germany);
  
  
• Officers’ Highest Military Education (General/Admiral Staff Course, Germany).

• Infantry Mountain Warfare Course (Germany);
  
  
• Special Operations Forces Airborne Course (Georgia);
  
  
• Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Course (Canada);
  
  
• Commando Course (Georgia);
  
  
• Sniper Course (Germany);
  
  
• European Security Course, Academy of the General Staff of the German “Bundeswer”;
  
  
• Highest Course of the National Defence (Georgia);
  
  
• English Language Course (Riga, Latvia).

01/07/2020 - till present Chief of Georgian Defence Forces

• Deputy Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces - Chief of General Staff;

• Commander of the West Command of the Defence Forces;

• Deputy Commander of the East Command of the Land Forces;  

• Chief of J-3 Operational Planning Department;

• Deputy Chief of J-3 Operational Planning Department;

• Land Forces Command Staff, Chief of G-3 Operational Planning Division;

• Land Forces Command Staff, G-3 Operational Planning Division, Chief of Operations Planning Section;

• 1^st Infantry Brigade Staff, G-3 Officer;

• Sergeants’ Training School, Deputy Chief of Sergeants’ Training Course;

• Rapid Reaction Forces, Chief of Intelligence Service;
  
  
• Training Center for Low Intensity Conflicts, 1st Light Infantry Company, Platoon Leader;

• NATO Medal;
  
  
• Vakhtang Gorgasali Order, III Class;
  
  
• Medal for “Irreproachable Service in the System of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia”, II Class;
  
  
• Medal for “Irreproachable Service in the System of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia”, I Class;
  
  
• Order of Honor;
  
  
• Medal "Kakutsa Cholokashvili”;
  
  
• Medal “General Mazniashvili”;
  
  
• Award Weapon;
  
  
• Medal “Devoted to Motherland”
  
  
• Medal “Devoted to Motherland” (20 and more years of irreproachable service);
  
  
• Medal “General Kvinitadze”