Deputy minister
Zurab Ezugbaia
Deputy Minister
Date of Birth
16.12.1975
Education
1997 - 2000
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Faculty of Law; Postgraduate Studies
1992 - 1997
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Faculty of Law
Work Experience
09.2025 - Present
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Deputy Minister
2023 - 2025
United States Energy Association (USEA)
“JSET” (Just and Secure Energy Transition) Program, Consultant
2023 - 2025
Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation
Strategy, Analysis and Perspective Projects Department, Advisor
2020 - 2022
Georgian State Electrosystem GSE
Member of the Board of Directors; Director in the field of Interconnection and Organized Markets Development
2004 – 2020
LLC Georgian State Electrosystem
Legal Manager; Executive Legal Manager; Member of the Management Board
2003 – 2004
Georgian Wholesale Electricity Market
Legal Advisor to the General Director
2002 – 2003
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Lecturer
2001 – 2003
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Deputy Minister; Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry
2001
State Chancellery of Georgia
Deputy Head of the Legal Department
2000 – 2001
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Head of the Department of Citizenship, Immigration, Civil Status Registration, and Notary Services
1998 – 2000
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Head of the Legal Division, Information Bureau for the Property and Financial Status of Public Officials
1996 – 1997
Parliament of Georgia
Lead Specialist, Procedural Issues and Rules Committee; Assistant to the Committee Chairman
1995 – 1998
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Advisor, Department of Public Law
Languages
Georgian (native)
English
Russian
Marital Status
Married, three children