Devi Chankotadze
Born September 1, 1961 (1961-09-01) (age 48)
General Devi Chankotadze
Allegiance	Georgia
Service/branch	Georgian Army
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Georgian Armed Forces

Devi Chankotadze (Georgian: დევი ჭანკოტაძე, also spelled as Tchankotadze) (born September 1, 1961) is a Georgian major general and the Chief of Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces since March 5, 2009.

Chankotadze has been trained at the Soviet Tbilisi Artillery School (1978-1982) and the Chinese PLA National Defense University (2001).^[1]

Chankotadze served in the Soviet military since 1982 before joining the National Guard of Georgia in 1990. During the 1990s, he commanded various artillery units in the military of a newly independent Georgia and also fought in the civil wars of the early 1990s. He then served as a deputy Chief of General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces from 2000 to 2004 and then as a military envoy at the CIS military cooperation staff and a defense attaché until being dismissed from the Georgian military in October 2005. He resumed service in October 2007 in the capacity of the commander of an artillery brigade, a position he held during the August 2008 war with Russia.^[1] After the war, in November 2008, Chankotadze was appointed a Deputy Chief of Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces in a major army reshuffle initiated to address the shortcomings during the August conflict.^[2] The Russian daily Kommersant quoted the Ministry of Defense of Georgia (MoD), describing Chankotadze as “the one to have best distinguished himself during the hostilities.”^[3]

On March 5, 2009, Chankotadze became the Chief of Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces.^[4]

Chankotadze has been awarded with Vakhtang Gorgasali Order (3rd Rank, 1995), Badge for Devotion (1st Rank, 2002), Medal for Meritorious Service in the MoD (1st Rank, 2008)^[1] and St. George’s Victory Order (2009).^[5]

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Military offices
Preceded by Vladimer Chachibaia	Chief of Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces 2009 –	Incumbent