Giorgi Matiashvili ( ka, გიორგი მათიაშვილი; born 18 December 1977) is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

and the incumbent

Chief of Georgian Defense Forces The Chief of Georgian Defense Forces ( ka, საქართველოს თავდაცვის ძალების მეთაური, tr) is a chief of defence and commander of the Defense Forces of Georgia, under the authority of ...

, appointed on 1 July 2020. Born in the town of

Gardabani Gardabani ( ka, გარდაბანი) is a city of 11,650 residents (2021) in the southern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli and is the administrative centre of the Gardabani Municipality. It is located southeast of capital Tbilisi and from ...

, Matiashvili graduated from the United Military Academy of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia in 1999. He served as Deputy Commander of the East Command of the

Land Forces Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various islan ...

from 2016 to 2018 and Commander of the West Command of Defense Forces from 2016 to 2018. In December 2019, he became Deputy Chief of Defense Forces and

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afg ...

. On 1 July 2020, he succeeded Lt-Gen

Vladimer Chachibaia Vladimer Chachibaia ( ka, ვლადიმერ ჩაჩიბაია) (born 4 November 1971) is a Georgian lieutenant general (2019) and former Chief of Georgian Defense Forces from 20 December 2018 to 1 July 2020, the first to be appoin ...

as Chief of Georgian Defense Forces. His awards include the Order of Honor (2012) and that of Vakhtang Gorgasali, 3rd Class (2001).

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