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Archil M. Gegeshidze (born 1956 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a senior fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS). In March 2013 he had been appointed by president Mikheil Saakashvili Georgia's ambassador to the U.S. == Life and career == He studied social geography at State University of Tbilisi. 1985 he received a PhD (Candidate of Science) in Economic and Social Geography. 1994 he became a post-graduate student at the Department for Social and Economic Geography of the Tbilisi State University. He took part in international training: 'Japan Europe and North America: Toward a G-3 World?', Salzburg Seminar, 'Decision Making in the U.S. Foreign Policy', USIA International Visitor Program . 2000-2001 he was as Visiting Fulbright Scholar in the U.S., 2004-2005 he received the Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award, 2005-2006 the International Policy Fellowship. He speaks English, Russian and French. 1993-1994 he became deputy head of the First European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. 1994-1995 he was State Advisor of the Staff of the former President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze, 1996-1997 Assistant to the President on national security affairs, 1997-2000 head of the section for foreign policy analysis at the State Chancellery of the President of Georgia and worked as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor. 1999 he was awarded with the diplomatic rank of an extraordinary and plenipontentiary Ambassador. 2000-2001 he was as Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (USA). From 2001until present he has been working as Senior Fellow at Tbilis-based think-tank GFSIS. He is widely known as a respected expert on regional security and cooperation in the Caucasus, on European Integration, conflict solution and political risk analysis. In March 2013 Archil Gegeshidze was appointed Georgia’s new ambassador to the United States.〔(Saakashvili Signs Appointing Nine New Ambassadors ), Civil Georgia, Tbilisi, 18 March 2013.〕 He announced as ambassador it will be his priority to use the support of the US to accelerate Georgia’s Euro-integration, strengthen its defense ability and to retain stability of the non-recognition policy. Among his priorities are to deepen trade relations and to attract investments from the US, cooperation in cultural, educational and science fields.〔(Georgia’s new ambassador to the US ), dfwatch, March 20, 2013.〕 On April 15, 2013 he will hand out his credentials to US-President Barack Obama.〔(Аrchil Gegeshvili will hand his credentials to the President of USA on 15 April 2013 ), Georgia Online, 9 April 2013 (in Russian).〕 He will be the successor of ambassador Temuri Yakobashvili, who resigned on 8 November 2012 after the change of government in Georgia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archil Gegeshidze」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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