Levan Izoria

Levan Izoria ლევან იზორია
Izoria in 2017
Georgian Ambassador to Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office January 27, 2020
Head of the Georgian Intelligence Service
In office September 8, 2019 – January 27, 2020
Prime Minister	Giorgi Gakharia
Preceded by	Davit Sujashvili
Succeeded by
Secretary of the National Security Council
In office September 8, 2019 – January 27, 2020
Prime Minister	Giorgi Gakharia
Preceded by	Giorgi Gakharia
Minister of Defense
In office August 1, 2016 – September 8, 2019
Prime Minister	Giorgi Kvirikashvili Mamuka Bakhtadze
Preceded by	Tina Khidasheli
Succeeded by	Irakli Gharibashvili
Deputy Head of the State Security Service of Georgia
In office 2015 – August 1, 2016
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 2012–2015
Personal details
Born	(1974-02-05) 5 February 1974 (age 47) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Citizenship	Georgia
Political party	Georgian Dream (2012-present) Free Democrats (2009-2011) United National Movement (formerly)

Levan Izoria (Georgian: ლევან იზორია; born 5 February 1974) is a Georgian politician, serving as Secretary of the National Security Council since 8 September 2019.

Education and early years[]

Levan Izoria was born in Georgia on February 5, 1974. He graduated from the Law Faculty of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (with honors) in 1996 and subsequently completed Master's Degree at the Law Faculty of the Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany (with honors) between 1998-1999. Levan Izoria holds a PhD degree in Law from the Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany (with honors).^[1]

In 1992-1995, Levan Izoria was a Chair of Law Faculty Students' Scientific Council and a Lecturer of Law Theory and Constitutional Law Department of Law Faculty (1995-1998) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Between 1999-2002, Izoria served as an assistant to Director of Göttingen State Teaching and Political Science Institute in Germany.

Scientific and Academic life[]

Since 2002, Levan Izoria was Senior Scientific Officer at T. Tsereteli Law Institute of Science Academy. Between 2002-2005, he worked as an assistant-Professor of Law Theory and Constitutional Law Department of Law Faculty at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Izoria was a representative of the German Konrad-Adenauer Political Foundation in the South Caucasus (2003-2004) and Rector of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (2004-2006).

Levan Izoria was a Dean and a Professor at the Law Faculty at University of Georgia (2006-2007) and a Scientist-Researcher at German University of Administrative Sciences - Speyer (Scholarship of Humboldt Foundation) (2007-2009). He served as an Associated Professor at Georgian-American University (2009-2011) and at Caucasus Law School (2009-2010). Between 2010-2011, Izoria conducted academic research at Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Between 2011-2014, he became a Full Professor at Grigol Robakhidze University and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (2014-2016).

Political career[]

Since 2003, Izoria worked on the reforms of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and was the author of Concept of Strategic Development.^[2]

Between 2004-2006, Levan Izoria was a Rector of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. His name was related to the reform of Patrol Police of Georgia, which contributed to his status of a reformer. Izoria resigned the abovementioned position in 2006.

Levan Izoria started active political life since 2009, as a member of opposition. He joined political party of Irakli Alasania “Free Democrats” and became the member of political board. Meanwhile, he was one of the active supporter of reorganization and depolarization of Police and in this regard was the author of various projects. Among those projects is “Protected Citizen – Protected Policeman”.

In 2011, Levan Izoria was one of the leaders of coalition “Georgian Dream”. He led the thematic subgroup of National security and Defence group named Law enforcement and Security.

After “Georgian Dream” came to power, Izoria continued working at Law enforcement Ministries. Between 2012-2015, he was Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia and Deputy Head of State Security Service of Georgia (2015-2016).

Levan Izoria was appointed as a Minister of Defence of Georgia on August 1, 2016. On August 1, 2019, Military Team of the United States Embassy to Tbilisi presented Certificate of Achievement in recognition of outstanding leadership and contributions from 1 August 2016 through 1 August 2019 and beyond.^[3]

Levan Izoria has a wife and three children. He speaks English, German and Russian languages

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