website predecessor successor birth_place president party primeminister birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
-lsb- http://mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=geo&amp;sec_id=49 mfa.gov.ge -rsb- grigol vashadze tamar beruchashvili tbilisi , soviet union -lrb- now georgia -rrb- mikheil saakashvili giorgi margvelashvili georgian dream bidzina ivanishvili irakli garibashvili 16 october 1960 minister of foreign affairs october 25 , 2012 maia panjikidze 01 senate of poland.jpg maia panjikidze
 november 5 , 2014 maia panjikidze მაია ფანჯიკიძე tbilisi state university university of jena
maia panjikidze

maia panjikidze -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born october 16 , 1960 -rrb- is a georgian diplomat and politician .
formerly a teacher of german , she joined the georgian diplomatic service in 1994 and was appointed as minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of bidzina ivanishvili on october 25 , 2012 .
she resigned november 5 , 2014 in protest of irakli alasania being relieved of his position as minister of defense .
