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18.02.2019

60 minutes with the President of Georgia

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18 February 2019 from 18:00 until 19:15

A special lecture with Salomé Zourabichvili, elected President of Georgia in November 2018.
Introduced by Frédéric Mion, President, Sciences Po.
Moderated by Enrico Letta, Dean, Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).
In 1974-2004, Salomé Zourabichvili worked in the diplomatic service for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France in several embassies (Italy, United States, and Chad) and with French representations to international organizations (UN, NATO, Western European Union, OSCE). In 2003, she was appointed as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Georgia. In 2004-2005, she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
After leaving the post, she founded on 11 March 2006 the political party “The Way of Georgia”.
In 2006-2015, she was an Associate Professor of International Relations at Sciences Po in Paris, France.
From 2010 to December 2015, she led the United Nations Security Council monitoring group on sanctions against Iran. In 2016, she won her election as an independent Deputy in the Parliament of Georgia.
Salomé Zourabichvili studied at Sciences Po (1969-1972 – Paris, France) and Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (1972-1973 – New York, U.S.A.). She speaks fluently Georgian, French, and English and converses in basic Italian.
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Read more about Salomé Zourabichvili (in French)
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About this event

18 February 2019 from 18:00 until 19:15