[1] She was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 11 November 2014,[2] and held that post until 1 September 2015, when she was replaced by Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

Through her academic endeavors, she obtained qualifications as a chemist-researcher, teacher for secondary and higher education levels, and a translator.

From 1996 to 1998, he attended Indiana State University in Bloomington, USA, where he studied at the Faculty of International and Comparative Relations.

Between 2002 and 2006, he pursued post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Economics at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Concurrently, from 2002 to 2006, he undertook professional training in commercial diplomacy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.