Kaha Imnadze (Georgia)

Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Asia and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia

On 14 June 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Kaha Imnadze of Georgia as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA).

Mr. Imnadze succeeds Natalia Gherman of the Republic of Moldova, who was appointed as Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate and to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedication and leadership of UNRCCA.

Mr. Imnadze brings to the position over 30 years of experience in diplomacy, negotiation, and mediation; foreign, defense and security policy; conflict resolution and political risk assessment. Most recently from 2022 to 2023, Mr. Imnadze served as Ambassador of Georgia to Canada and Permanent Representative to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Prior to this, he was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations from 2013 to 2022. Earlier in his career, Mr. Imnadze served as a Board Member of the Georgian Political Science Association (2012-2013), Program Director of the Georgian Institute for Russian Studies (2009-2013), Assistant to the President and Spokesman as well as Director of the Georgian State Information Service (2000-2003), Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia (1998-2000), Deputy Chief of the Mission of Georgia to NATO and Embassy to the BENELUX countries (1994-1998).

Mr. Imnadze holds a Master’s Degree in English Language and lite  Literature from the Tbilisi State University and speaks Georgian (native), English, Russian, and French.

Mr. Kaha Imnadze is married and has a daughter.