Eduard Shevardnadze

Also Known As: Эдуард Шеварднадзе, ედუარდ შევარდნაძე, Edouard Chevardnadze

Biography: Eduard Ambrosiyevich Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე, Eduard Ambrosis dze Ševardnadze; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Georgian politician and diplomat. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (GPC), the de facto leader of Soviet Georgia from 1972 to 1985 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Shevardnadze was responsible for many key decisions in Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev Era including reunification of Germany. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was President of Georgia (or in equivalent posts) from 1992 to 2003. He was forced to retire in 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution. (wiki)

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: January 25, 1928

Deathday: July 07, 2014

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
Russian Lessons
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
He Came to Give Us Freedom
The Last Days of the USSR