Eduard Shevardnadze

Acting

Birthday

1928/01/25

Day of death

2014/07/07 (86 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Also know 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 reunificat...Read more