Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Jaba Samushia

Born on August 15, 1971 

Education:

1989 - 1994 - Faculty of History of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Professional Experience:

December 2022 - Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University 

October 2022 – December 2022 - Acting Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

August 2020 – October 2022 - Director General of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia

2018 – present - Full Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2018-2020 – Deputy Director General of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia

2014-2017 - Member of the Tbilisi City Assembly; Chairperson of the Property Management and Finance-Budget Commission

2010-2014 - Deputy Chairperson of the Tbilisi City Assembly

2011-2012 - Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2006-2011 - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, TSU

1994-2006 – Research Center for Georgian State and History of Public Diplomacy, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Head of the Group for the History of Medieval Georgia

2020 – October 2022 - National Contact Point: EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme “Horizon Europe” function: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

2020 – October 2022  - Legal Representative from beneficiary organization: Erasmus Project: “Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through developing R&D units”

Family

Jaba Samushia has a spouse and three children.