SOLD OUT! H.E. the Ambassador of Georgia & Mrs. Yakobashvili have invited us to their home

Temuri Yakobashvili was a 2004 participant in the Kennedy School's Executive Security Program. A special thanks to Maia Jaliashvili HLS 2011, a loyal HCW member and member of the embassy staff for arranging this event.

 
Please be prompt. Business attire is appropriate. Anyone wearing  jeans will be denied entry.

MEMBERS and their guests-$40.00 each

Each member may bring one guest at the member price. 

6:30-6:45 registration of guests

6:45-7:15 Ambassador Yakobashvili

7:15-7:30 Question and Answers

7:30-8:30 Reception

 

The address is:
2807 Chesterfield Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008

Directions: in Forest Hills neighborhood of DC, below Nebraska, east of Connecticut Ave., NW, off Linnean Ave NW. Also near Broad Branch Road, NW

If driving, you can turn east on Davenport St., NW (between Chesapeake and Ellicott,, then diagonal right on Linnean for one block, to left on Chesterfield Place, NW about .2 mile. Residence is on the left.

Parking: Free parking on-street near the Residence after 6:30 pm 
Metro: Red Line, Van Ness (but still would need a taxi or ride, if you are not driving)

 
Ambassador's Biography

Ambassador  to the United States, Temuri Yakobashvili, is a long-time senior government official and a respected scholar who is a well-known figure in Washington and the capitals of Europe. Before assuming his posting in the United States in early February, Mr. Yakobashvili was Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Reintegration for the Government of Georgia. In that capacity, he was the architect of Georgia's "engagement strategy" for improving relations between Georgia and the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are under Russian occupation.

He presented credentials to President Barack Obama on Feb. 23, 2011.

Ambassador  Yakobashvili joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991 and held a variety of senior positions, including that of Director of the Department for the USA, Canada and Latin America. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Mr. Yakobashvili is co-founder and Executive Vice-President of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), a leading think tank in the Caucasus region. He also co-founded the Atlantic Council of Georgia and the Council of Foreign Relations of Georgia, and he is a member of the Governing Board of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). He regularly contributes to local and international media on issues of domestic and regional security and transformation.

In 1990, Mr. Yakobashvili graduated with a degree in Physics from Tbilisi State University. Following several years of employment with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yakobashvili completed Mid-career Diplomatic Courses at the Center of Political and Diplomatic Studies at Oxford University in 1998. Additionally, he participated in both the Yale World Fellow's Program (2002) and the Executive Security Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (2004). In 2006, Mr. Yakobashvili was a visiting researcher at the Silk Road Study Center of Uppsala University in Sweden.

Mr. Yakobashvili and his wife, Ms. Yana Fremer, have two children.

 

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