Eduard Shevardnadze

Eduard Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ შევარდნაძე; Russian: Эдуа́рд Амвро́сиевич Шевардна́дзе, tr. Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze; 25 January 1928 - 7 July 2014)[1] was a Georgian politician. He was a former Soviet minister of foreign affairs. He served as President of Georgia from November 1995 to November 2003.

Eduard Shevardnadze
ედუარდ შევარდნაძე
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2nd President of Georgia
In office
26 November 1995 – 23 November 2003
Preceded byPosition restored;
himself as the Head of State of Georgia
Succeeded byNino Burjanadze
Chairman of the Parliament - Head of State of Georgia
In office
6 November 1992 – 26 November 1995
(Chairman of the Parliament from 4 November 1992)
Preceded byPosition established;
himself as the Chairman of the State Council of Georgia
Succeeded byPosition abolished;
Zurab Zhvania as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
Chairman of the State Council of Georgia
In office
10 March 1992 – 4 November 1992
Preceded byPosition established; Military Council as the interim head of state
Succeeded byPosition abolished; himself as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
Minister of External Relations of the Soviet Union
In office
19 November 1991 – 26 December 1991
PremierIvan Silayev
Preceded byBoris Pankin
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
In office
2 July 1985 – 20 December 1990
PremierNikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byAndrei Gromyko
Succeeded byAleksandr Bessmertnykh
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
In office
29 September 1972 – 6 July 1985
Preceded byVasil Mzhavanadze
Succeeded byJumber Patiashvili
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR
In office
1967–1972
Preceded byVladimir Janjgava
Succeeded byDilar Habuliani
Personal details
Born(1928-01-25)25 January 1928
Mamati, Guria, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died7 July 2014(2014-07-07) (aged 86)
Tblisi, Georgia
NationalitySoviet (until 1991)
Georgian (since 1991)
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
(1948-1991)
Independent
(1991-1995)
Union of Citizens of Georgia
(1995-2003)
Spouse(s)Nanuli Shevardnadze
Children2
AwardsHero of Socialist Labor medal.png
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Military service
Branch/serviceMVD
Years of service1964–1972
RankRAF A F6MajGen since 2010par.svg
Major General
CommandsMinistry of Public Order of the Georgian SSR (1965-1968)
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR (1968-1972)

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