Deputy Head of the Office
On April 18, 2022 Giorgi Ghibradze was appointed as the Deputy Head of the National Security Council’s Office.
From August 2019 to March 2022 Giorgi Ghibradze held the post of the Director of the National Crisis Management Center (Department) at the same Office.
From January 2019 to August 2019 he was the Head of the Civil Protection Department at the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
From December 2017 to January 2019 Giorgi Ghibradze worked as the Director of National Crisis Management Center (Department) of the Emergency Management Service.
In 2015-2017, he was the Director of the National Crisis Management Center (Department) of the State Security and Crisis Management Council.
From February 2015 to May 2015 Giorgi Ghibradze was the Advisor of the Defence Minister.
In 2014-2015 he served as the Director of National Crisis Management Center (Department) of the State Security and Crisis Management Council.
In 2013 he held the post of the Deputy Head of Administration at the Department of Probation Of the Ministry of Probation.
In 2009-2013 Giorgi Ghibradze worked as the Director of Defence and National Security Policy Department at the National Security Council’s Office.
In 2005-2009 he was the Head of Analytical Division of the Foreign Intelligence Special Service of Georgia.
In 2004–2005 Giorgi Ghibradze was the Deputy Director of Coordination Center at LTD “Poti Sea Port”.
In 2003-2004 Giorgi Ghibradze was the Head of Analytical Section at the Main Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and in 2000-2003 was the Deputy Director of the Analytical Section at the Special State Protection Service of Georgia.
In 1998-1999, he performed an internship as an Analyst at International Relations Department of the Parliament of Georgia.
In 1994-1999 Giorgi Ghibradze studied at the Faculty of International Law and International Relations at the Tbilisi State University and received the degree of Specialist in International Relations.
In 2010 he completed the course of Strategic Studies and International Security at the Royal Collage of Defence Studies (London, United Kingdom)
Giorgi Ghibradze studied different courses in the field of Crisis Management: Business Continuity and Continuity of Government/Operations Course at the UK Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College, Crisis Communications Course, ”Bronze (Tactical Level) Commanders” Train of Trainers Course organized by the British Embassy in Georgia, “Gold (Strategic Level) Commanders’” and Interagency “Silver (Operational Level) Commanders’” Courses on Crisis Management at the UK Cabinet Office Emergency Planning Collage (UK).
He also completed the Leadership Programme in Singapore and South Korea.
In domain of security, he studied the following courses: Seminar on Senior Executives of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany), Intelligence Management Course of the CIA (USA), Intelligence Development Course of the CSIS (Canada), Vital Installation Security course of U.S. Secret Service Training Center, (USA).
He speaks English and Russian languages.
He is married and has two children.
