H.E. Prof. Dr. Aleksandre Kartozia

Georgia
Date of accreditation:
Education
  • 1995 Habilitation (Dr. phil. habil.)
  • 1986 Doctorate in Philology (Dr. phil.)
  • 1981 - 1985 Doctoral studies in General Linguistics and Psycholinguistics under Prof. Dr. Guram Ramishvili at the Department of General Linguistics, Tbilisi State University
  • 1981 Graduated from Tbilisi State University with the qualification of “Philologist; Teacher of German Language and Literature.”
Professional Career
  • 23 July 2026
    Aleksandre Kartozia presented his Letters of Credence to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Since 2014
    Professor of German Language and Translation at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • 2008 - 2013
    Lecturer in Caucasus Studies at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  • 2006 - 2008
    Research Associate at the Institute for East European Studies, University of Bremen, Germany
  • 2005 - 2006
    Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (Chair of Comparative Sociolinguistics)
  • 2004 - 2005
    Head of the Institute of German Studies at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • 1998 - 2004
    Minister of Education of Georgia in the government of President Eduard Shevardnadze
  • 1997 - 1998
    Director of the National Library of Georgia
  • 1989 - 1997
    Head of the Department of German Philology at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • 1988
    Lecturer at the Institute of German Studies, Faculty of Western European Languages and Literatures, Tbilisi State University
  • 1986 - 1988
    Research Associate at the Laboratory of Experimental Phonetics, Department of General Linguistics, Tbilisi State University
  • 1982 - 1986
    Teacher of German at the German School in Tbilisi (now the Guram Ramishvili Gymnasium)
Personal Details
  • Birthdate: 8 January 1959
  • Personal Status: Married, one daughter
Languages
Georgian, German, Russian, English
Honours
Cross of Merit on the Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2022)
National Day
26 May