{"id":15803,"date":"2023-06-24T01:02:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T01:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsac.ge\/?page_id=15803"},"modified":"2023-07-31T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T22:10:28","slug":"valeri-chechelashvili","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gsac.ge\/en\/our-people\/valeri-chechelashvili\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Valeri Chechelashvili"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15803\" class=\"elementor elementor-15803\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2645f20 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"2645f20\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33d032e\" data-id=\"33d032e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f31e21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_heading\" data-id=\"0f31e21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"ct_heading-0f31e21\" class=\"ct-heading h-align- sub- ct-heading-left item-st-line-top1\">\r\n\t<div class=\"ct-item--inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"ct-inline-css\"  data-css=\"\r\n            \">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n                <h3 class=\"item--title st-line-top1 case-animate-time\" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\r\n                            <div class=\"ct-heading-divider\"><span><\/span><\/div>\r\n                        <span class=\"sp-main\">\r\n                \r\n                Valeri Chechelashvili\r\n                \r\n                            <\/span>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dde349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_text_editor\" data-id=\"7dde349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"ct_text_editor-7dde349\" class=\"ct-text-editor \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t<div class=\"ct-item--inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ct-inline-css\"  data-css=\"\n\t        \t\t\t\">\n\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"ct-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-content-toggle-yearly-text\"><div class=\"premium-content-toggle-yearly-text\"><div class=\"premium-content-toggle-yearly-text\"><p>Valeri Chechelashvili is the Director of the Geopolitical Studies at the Georgian Strategic Analysis Center.<\/p><p>He has been a career diplomat since October 1989. He held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia from Second Secretary to Deputy Foreign Minister (1998 \u2013 2000). He was Minister of Finance in 2005 and First Deputy Foreign Minister (2005 \u2013 2007).<\/p><p>He has served as an Ambassador to Ukraine (1994 \u2013 1998), Ambassador to Russian Federation (2004 \u2013 2005), Secretary-General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (2000 \u2013 2004), and Secretary-General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development \u2013 GUAM (2007 \u2013 2016). Mr. Chechelashvili has graduated from the Kiev State University, Faculty of International Relations and International Law, Department of International Economic Relations (1983) and completed a Ph.D. in International Economy (1987).<\/p><p>From 2016 he was a Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and from 2019 he is visiting professor of Sokhumi State University.<br \/>Ambassador Valeri Chechelashvili is the director of the Energy Security Center at the Georgian Strategic Analysis Center.<\/p><p>He was awarded a number of medals and orders. He is the author of a number of articles on diplomacy, regional economic cooperation, and international relations.<br \/>He is a member of the European Leadership Network.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89f4b61\" data-id=\"89f4b61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80ad649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80ad649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13397 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gsac.ge\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-263x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gsac.ge\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/gsac.ge\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design.png 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valeri Chechelashvili Valeri Chechelashvili is the Director of the Geopolitical Studies at the Georgian Strategic Analysis Center. He has been a career diplomat since October 1989. He held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia from Second Secretary to Deputy Foreign Minister (1998 \u2013 2000). 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