Anna Zhvania (Georgian: ანა ჟვანია) (born July 24, 1970) is a Georgian sociologist and former (2006-2012) politician who served as head of the foreign intelligence branch of Georgia from 2006 until 2008,[1] being the first female to have been appointed to this post in Georgia.
Born in St. Petersburg, Zhvania graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts in 1994.
In 2006, Zhvania served as an advisor to President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on civic integration.
[2] After leaving government office, Zhvania briefly served as director at the Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research (CPHR) in Tbilisi.
Since 2013, she has been a senior research fellow at the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS).