Salome Zourabichvili, born on March 18, 1952, in Paris, France, is a French-Georgian politician and diplomat with experience in both the French diplomatic service and Georgian politics. She speaks Georgian, French, and English fluently, and has a basic knowledge of Italian. She studied at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (1969-1972) and at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York (1972-1973). Zourabichvili began her career in 1974 with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving over three decades in various French embassies in countries such as Italy, the United States, and Chad, as well as in French representations to international organizations like the United Nations, NATO, the Western European Union, and the OSCE. In 2003, she was appointed as the French Ambassador to Georgia.In 2004, Zourabichvili entered Georgian politics and was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, where she worked on reforms to the foreign service. After leaving her ministerial position in 2005, she founded a political movement in 2006 and continued to engage in international affairs as an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris from 2006 to 2015. From 2010 to 2015, she also chaired the United Nations Security Council monitoring group on sanctions against Iran. In 2016, Zourabichvili was elected as an independent Deputy in the Parliament of Georgia. Her career combines experience in both French diplomacy and Georgian politics, contributing to her role in foreign relations in both contexts.