Deputy Commander of the Academy Chief of Staff of the Academy

Lieutenant Colonel Lasha Klimiashvili
Date of birth: March 13, 1982
Marital status: Divorced
Foreign languages: English

Education:
1999-2004 Gori State University, Medical Affairs - Master's Degree.
2005-2006 Officers Basic Military Education at the National Defense Academy.
2008-2009 Junior Officers Basic Military Education at the National Defense Academy.
2012 Maneuver Captain Career Course at the National Defense Academy.
2019-2020 Command and Staff Course at the National Defense Academy.
2023 - International Relations, Georgian Technical University - Doctoral Student.

Work Experience
2004: Machine Gunner, Mechanized Company, Separate Armored Battalion.
2005: Senior Rifleman, Mechanized Squad of Separate Armored Battalion.
2009: Platoon Leader, Separate Armored Battalion.
2010: Target Engagement Planner, 1st Infantry Brigade.
2011: Staff S-3, 13th Light Infantry Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade.
2014: Senior Staff Officer, G-3 Planning Branch, 1st Infantry Brigade.
2016: Senior Instructor of Infantry Tactics, Junior Officers’ School, National Defence
Academy.
2017: Head of Military Instruction Department, Junior Officers’ School, National Defence
Academy.
2017: Deputy Head of Basic Officer Military Education Department, National Defence
Academy.
2018: Head of Basic Officer Military Education Department, National Defence Academy.

2020: Head of the Junior Officer Training School, National Defence Academy.
2025: Deputy Rector-Chief of Staff, National Defence Academy.

Conferences and Professional Development
2004: Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Training Course, Sergeants School
2005: Instructor Certification Program: “Effective Instruction”
2008: Military Specialist Training Program
2009: Artillery Junior Officer Basic Course
2009: Effective Communication Course
2009: Tactical Field Exercise (FTX) “Shield 2009”
2012: Maneuver Captain Career Course (MCCC), National Defence Academy
2013: Multinational Brigade-Level Operational Exercise, Germany
2013: Observation and Monitoring Training, Germany
2014: International Command Post Exercise (CPX) “Viking”
2017: Military Planning Process Course, Canadian Ministry of National Defence
Training Mission (UNIFIER), Lviv, Ukraine
2017: Legal Framework of National Security Architecture Course
2017: Operational Planning Process (OPP) Course
2017: Advanced Effective Communication Course
2023: Interagency Command and Staff Exercise “Didgori”
2024: NATO Distance Learning (e-Learning) Training
2024: International Scientific Conference, G.S. Rakovski National Defence College,
Bulgaria
2024: International Scientific Conference, Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy,
Romania

2025: International Scientific Conference, Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy,
Romania
2025: Interagency Command and Staff Exercise “Didgori 2025.”
2025: Strategic and Operational Level Defence Resource Management Program
(DRMP)
Combat Experience
2008: Combat Operations in the Tskhinvali Region (Samachablo)
Status: Veteran of War and the Armed Forces