Date of Birth:

12.01. 1950

Education:

1968 – 1973 – Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Transport Faculty, Railway Operation

Work experience:

From 2013 up till now – “Marabda – Kartsakhi Railway”, Director

2012-2013 – Acting Director General of Georgian Railway

2005 – 2010 – Inspector for “Georgian Railway” traffic safety

2004-2005 Director of Georgian Railway Institute

2004 – defense of the thesis “Theoretical and practical grounds for increasing the railway carrying capacity”

1999 – 2012 – LTD “Transfor”

From 1997 up till now – Georgian Technical University Department of Transport Economics

1996 – 1997 – Deputy Chairman of Economic Policy and Reforms Department of the Ministry of Transport of Georgia

1993 – 1996 – First deputy chairman of the Georgian Railway Department

1991 – 1993 – First Deputy Head of the Transcaucasian Railway

1988 – 1991 – Deputy Head of Transcaucasian Railway, Head of Traffic and Transport Service

1986 -1988 – First deputy head of the Transcaucasian Railway Freight Service

1985 -1986 – Head of Tbilisi Division of Transcaucasian Railway

1983 – 1985 – First Deputy Head of Transcaucasian Railway Samtredia Division

1980 – 1983 – First Deputy Head of Tbilisi Division of the Transcaucasian Railway

1976 – 1980 – Head of Trans-caucasian Railway stations: Tbilisi freight, Khashuri, Marneuli, Shulaveri –

1973 – 1976 – Transcaucasian Railway Avchala station duty officer

Foreign languages:

Russian and French, with the help of dictionary

Married: