Ambassador's Biography
BEKA DVALI
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia
Diplomatic Rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Date of Birth: 31 July 1977
Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgia
Marital Status: Married to Nino LEZHAVA, has son Luka DVALI
EDUCATION
1994-1999 - Diploma in Law, Faculty of Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
2001-2002 - LL.M (Master of Laws) in Comparative and European Law (Magister Iuris Communis), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, The Kingdom of the Netherlands
1999-2012 - In Georgia and abroad completed various training programmes and courses in law studies, legal drafting, international law, international humanitarian law, international relations and conflict resolution
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
1999 - Intern, Department of International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia –
Tbilisi, Georgia
2000 - Third Secretary, United Nations Division, Department of International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - Tbilisi, Georgia
2000-2002 - Second Secretary, United Nations Division, Department of International
Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia – Tbilisi, Georgia
2002-2004 - Head, United Nations Division, Department of International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - Tbilisi, Georgia
2004-2008 - Senior Counsellor, Embassy of Georgia to the United States of America, Mexico and Canada - Washington DC, USA
2008 - Counsellor, Department of Economic, Cultural and Humanitarian Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - Tbilisi, Georgia
2009 - Deputy Director, Department of European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Georgia - Tbilisi, Georgia;
2009-2012 - Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland - London, United Kingdom
2 November 2012-28 January 2013 – Ambassador-designate of Georgia to the Republic of South
Africa
Since 29 January 2013 to 31 October 2022 –Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of South Africa
2013-2022 – Accorded accreditations as non-resident Ambassador of Georgia (with residence in Pretoria) to 12 countries of Southern African Development Community (SADC), as follows: Republic of Mozambique (since 16.10.2013); Republic of Mauritius (since 6.05.2014); Republic of Botswana (since 13.06.2014); Republic of Madagascar (since 9.10.2014); Republic of Zambia (since 18.02.2015); Republic of Zimbabwe (since 25.02.2016); Republic of Namibia (since 25.10.2016); Republic of Angola (since 20.11.2016); Kingdom of Lesotho (since 9.03.2017); Kingdom of Eswatini (since 3.08.2017); Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (since 11.08.2018); Republic of Malawi (since 9.01.2020)
January 2020 – October 2022 – Dean of the Group of European Ambassadors accredited to South Africa
Since 1 November 2022 - Ambassador – Designate of Georgia to the Commonwealth of Australia
ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
2000-2001 - Invited lecturer in Comparative Constitutional Law and in International
Humanitarian Law at the Georgian Independent Diplomatic Academy (GIDA)
Since 2000 – Delivering lectures on foreign policy and international law issues on ad hoc basis
PUBLICATIONS
2000 - Monograph "Judicial Power in Foreign States", comparative research published in Tbilisi with support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
2001 - "Legal System of Australia" and "Legal System of New Zealand" in “The Legal Systems of Foreign States”, published in Tbilisi, Georgia
Since 2000 - Articles/research papers on the various topics of international law, human rights law, constitutional law, environmental law and media law
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue: Georgian
Foreign Languages: English (Fluent), Russian (Fluent)