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Who is the Highest-Paid Civil Servant? – The Wage Amounts to 468 Thousand GEL

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Natia Taktakishvili
07.01.21 16:00
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Georgian diplomats working abroad are the highest-paid civil servants. Kakha Imnadze, who is Georgia's representative to the United Nations, is on first place among the Georgian ambassadors in terms of remuneration. Imnadze has been holding this post since 2013, and in 2019 his salary was $ 141,483. This is 467 thousand GEL at today's exchange rate (405 thousand GEL at last year's exchange rate). During the past years, Kakha Imnadze's declared salary is $ 860,733 (at today's exchange rate of 2.8 million GEL).

Like Kakha Imnadze, up to ten Georgian diplomats have salaries above 300,000 GEL. For comparison, the salary is five times higher comparing to Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani’s wage.

The List of Highest-Paid Diplomats:

1. Kakha Imnadze, Representative of Georgia to the UN - salary $ 141,483 or 467,290 GEL;
2. Victor Dolidze, Representative at the UN Office in Geneva - salary € 94,800 or GEL 385,120;
3. Giorgi Sharvashidze, Ambassador of Georgia to the Netherlands - salary € 92,979 or 377,722 GEL;
4. Ilia Giorgadze, Ambassador of Georgia to Spain - salary € 85,585 or 347,684 GEL;
5. David Dondua, Ambassador of Georgia to Austria - salary € 85,116 or 345,779 GEL;
6. Vakhtang Jaoshvili Georgian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Representative to the OIC - salary $ 102,422 or GEL 338,279;
7. Gigi Gigiadze, Ambassador of Georgia to Denmark - salary € 78,039 or 317,029 GEL;
8. Ioseb Chakhvashvili, Georgian Ambassador to Iran and Pakistan - salary $ 95,616 or 315,801 GEL;
9. Irakli Giviashvili, Resident Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe - salary € 74,208 or 301,466 GEL;
10. Ioseb Nanobashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to Greece - salary € 73,000 or 296,558 GEL;
11. Zurab Eristavi, Georgian Ambassador to Mexico and Honduras - salary $ 85,323 or GEL 281,805;
12. Malkhaz Kakabadze, Ambassadors of Georgia to Sweden and Finland - salary € 68,533 or GEL 278,411;
13. Beka Dvali, Georgian Ambassador to South Africa - salary $ 84,167 or GEL 277,987;
14. Archil Kalandia, Georgian Ambassador to China - salary $ 84,036 or GEL 277,554;
15. Maia Kipshidze, Ambassador of Georgia to Norway - salary € 66,641 or 270,725 GEL.

The salary of Georgian Ambassador to the United States Davit Bakradze is lower comparing to other diplomats, it amounts to $ 67,874.

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