Maia Bartaia

Date and Place of Birth

April 25, 1980, Tbilisi, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                     

09/01/2023 – Present - Consulate General of Georgia in New York - Consul General

11/10/2017 – 08/31/2023 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Consular Department - Deputy Director 

11/01/2017 – 08/31/2023 - Levan Mikeladze Diplomatic Training and Research Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia -  Invited speaker 

04/18/2016 – 11/09/ 2017 -  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Consular Department - Head of the Analysis and Planning Division

02/29/2012 – 03/01/2016 -  Embassy of Georgia to the United States of America Washington DC, USA - Consul

02/01/2008 – 01/30/ 2012 - Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mission of Georgia to the European Communities Brussels, Belgium - Consul

02/21/2005 – 02/01/2008 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Consular Department Deputy - Head of Legal Division, Advisor

06/08/2004 – 02/21/2005 -  Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Customs Department, Forensic Section of the Legal Division - Chief Legal Inspector  

10/21/2002 – 06/08/2004 - State Department of Youth Affairs of Georgia  - Deputy Head of Legal Division

09/15/2003 – 12/15/2003 - Council of Europe, Directorate of Youth and Sport Strasbourg, France
- Remunerated Trainee 

10/30/2000 – 10/21/2002 - State Department of Youth Affairs of Georgia, Legal Division - Legal Advisor 

EDUCATION

2008 – 2009 - CERIS – European Center for International and Strategic Research, Brussels, Belgium
                   Master of Arts in International Politics 

1997 – 2002 - I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Department of International Law and International Relations, with the specialization in International Law
Diploma of Lawyer conveyed with Honors 

DIPLOMATIC RANK

 Chief Advisor