What is Gela Charkviani?
[[File:Mr. Charkviani, head of the Foreign Relations Department, serving here as interpreter (July 17, 1997).jpg|right|200px]] '''Gela Charkviani''' ({{lang-ka|გელა ჩარკვიანი}}; 1 March 1939 – 9 November 2021) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] politician, writer, educator and television news anchor. He was born in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Between 2006 and 2011, he was the Ambassador to the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]. From 1976 to 1994 he anchored the Georgian TV's monthly ''Globe'' program. He was a presidential foreign advisor to [[Eduard Shevardnadze]]. Charkviani died on 9 November 2021 at the age of 82 in Tbilisi.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Georgia's former UK and Ireland ambassador, advisor to president Shevardnadze, author Gela Charkviani dies aged 82|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/3498|access-date=2021-11-09|work=Agenda.ge}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Charkviani, Gela}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Georgia (country)]] [[Category:Ambassadors to the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Political writers]] [[Category:European novelists]] [[Category:Educators]] [[Category:Television news anchors]] [[Category:University of Michigan alumni]] {{bio-stub}}