Maia Bartaia
Consul General
Consulate General of Georgia New York
144 East 44th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212.922.1722
Email: mbartaia@mfa.gov.ge
About
EDUCATION
2008 – 2009
CERIS – Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques, Brussels, Belgium
Master of Arts in International Politics
1997 – 2002
Tbilisi State University Department of International Law and International Relations, with the specialization in International Law
Diploma of Lawyer conveyed with Honors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept. 2023
Present Consulate General of Georgia in New York
Consul General
Nov. 2017 – Sept. 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Consular Department
Deputy Director
March 2018 – Dec. 2019
International Center for Migration Policy Development, MICIC project -‘Migrants in countries of crisis: Supporting evidence based approach for effective and cooperative state actions’
Expert, trainer on Consular Crisis Management
March 2017 – Sept. 2023
Levan Mikeladze Diplomatic Training and Research Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Lecturer (delivering lectures on consular issues)
April 2016 – Nov. 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Consular Department
Head of the Analysis and Planning Division
Mar. 2012 – Feb. 2016
Embassy of Georgia to the United States of America
Washington DC, USA
Consul
Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2012
Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mission of Georgia to the European Communities
Brussels, Belgium
Consul
Feb. 2005 – Feb. 2008
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Consular Department
Deputy Head of Legal Division
June 2004 – Feb. 2005
Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Customs Department, Legal Division
Chief Legal Specialist
Oct. 2002 – June 2004
State Department of Youth Affairs of Georgia
Deputy Head of Legal Division
Sept. 2003 – Dec 2003
Council of Europe, Directorate of Youth and Sport Strasbourg, France
Remunerated Trainee
Nov. 2000 – Oct. 2002
State Department of Youth Affairs of Georgia
Legal Advisor
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Georgian (native); English (fluent); Russian (fluent); French (basic).