Maia Panjikidze
Maia Panjikidze | |
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მაია ფანჯიკიძე | |
Panjikidze in 2013 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia | |
| In office October 25, 2012 – November 5, 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Bidzina Ivanishvili Irakli Garibashvili |
| Preceded by | Grigol Vashadze |
| Succeeded by | Tamar Beruchashvili |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1960 Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, Soviet Union (Now Georgia) |
| Political party | Free Democrats |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University University of Jena |
| Signature | |
| Website | mfa.gov.ge |
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Maia Panjikidze (Georgian: მაია ფანჯიკიძე; born October 16, 1960) is a Georgian diplomat and politician. Formerly a teacher of German, she joined the Georgian diplomatic service in 1994 and was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Bidzina Ivanishvili on October 25, 2012. She resigned November 5, 2014 in protest of Irakli Alasania being relieved of his position as Minister of Defense.