Givi Gumbaridze
Givi Gumbaridze | |
|---|---|
გივი გუმბარიძე | |
| First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party | |
| In office 14 April 1989 – 7 December 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Jumber Patiashvili |
| Succeeded by | Avtandil Margiani |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR | |
| In office 15 November 1990 – 17 November 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Otar Circassia |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Georgian SSR | |
| In office 2 December 1988 – 15 April 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksi Inauri |
| Succeeded by | Tariel Lordkipanidze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1945 |
| Nationality | Soviet (1945–1991) and Georgian (since 1991) |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army KGB |
| Years of service | 1966-1967 1988-1989 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Givi Gumbaridze (Georgian: გივი გუმბარიძე; Russian: Ги́ви Григо́рьевич Гумбари́дзе; born 22 March 1945) is a former Soviet and Georgian politician. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from 14 April 1989 to 7 December 1990 and as head of state of the Georgian SSR. Prior to that he had served as the head of the Georgian KGB.[1]
Notes
- ^ Jones 2013, p. 35
References
- Jones, Stephen (2013), Georgia: A Political History Since Independence, London: I.B. Taurus, ISBN 978-1-78453-085-3