Zaza Gogava

Infobox Military Person
name= Zaza Gogava
lived= July 14 1971 –


caption= Brigadier General Zaza Gogava.
nickname=
allegiance=flag|Georgia
rank= Brigadier General
branch= Georgian Army
commands=Special Forces Brigade
Georgian Armed Forces
unit=
battles= 2008 South Ossetia war
awards=
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Zaza Gogava ( _ka. ზაზა გოგავა) (born July 14 1971) is a brigadier general of the Georgian army who has been a Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia since November 2006.

Gogava graduated from the Tbilisi State Technical University in 1994 and began his career in the special task group "Omega" within Georgia's security services in 1995. He has since served in various counterterrorist units and special forces subdivisions, and was further trained in the United States between 1995 and 2002. Gogava was placed in command of the Counterterrorism Division of Special Operations Center in 2003 and the élite Police Special Tasks Division named after General G. Gulua in 2004. He was appointed Commander of Special Forces Brigade of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia in 2004 and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia in 2006. After the reshuffle within the Ministry of Defense in November 2006, Gogava became the Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia. [ [http://www.mod.gov.ge/?l=E&m=5&sm=1 Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia] . Ministry of Defense of Georgia. Accessed on April 2 2008.]

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