Temur Yakobashvili (Georgian: თემურ იაკობაშვილი, also transliterated as Temur Iakobashvili) (born 3 September 1967) is a Georgian political scientist, diplomat, and politician, serving as State Minister for Reintegration since 2008; he was named Deputy Prime Minister in 2009.

[1] From 1990 to 2001, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, where he last served as the director of the U.S., Canada and Latin America Department.

He is a co-founder of, and from 2001 to 2008 was executive vice-president of, the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, the largest think tank in the South Caucasus.

[2] He is the architect of Georgia's strategy of engagement[permanent dead link‍] with the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which aims to "promote interaction among the divided populations of Georgia, currently separated by occupation lines.

[7] As president Mikheil Saakashvili hesitated with approval of new ambassadors, suggested by the new government, it lasted until March 2013 that the successor for Yakobashvili, Archil Gegeshidze, had been appointed.