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.