Shevardnadze Eduard Biography

He began his career as an instructor, head of the personnel department and organizational instructor work of the Ordzhonikidze district committee of the Komsomol in Tbilisi. In the year he graduated from the correspondence department of the Kutaisian State Pedagogical Institute named after A. century - the first secretary of the district committee of the Communist Party of Georgia in Mtskkhet and the first secretary of the Pervomaisky district committee of the party in Tbilisi.

In the years - the first deputy minister, in the years - the Minister of Protection of Public Order, in the years - the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR. From September 29 to July 6, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia. The crusade against Georgian corruption began immediately after its appointment. I did a lot to improve the moral, psychological and moral climate in the republic.

In the first one and a half years, he carried out the full cleaning of the personnel, removing about three quarters of the highest ranks of the nomenclature. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 26, for the outstanding successes achieved in the fulfillment of the tasks of the tenth five -year plan and socialist obligations to increase the production and sale of grain, tea leaf, grapes and other agricultural and livestock products, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Georgia Ambrosevich was awarded the title of Socialist Labor with the Gero of Socialist Labor.

The presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Medal "Sickle and Hammer". As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the majority of the ambassadors of the old Soviet school of diplomacy initially submitted to retire and cleaned the Foreign Ministry apparatus, replacing it with his people. The activities of E. Shevardnadze as the Minister were characterized by the surrender of foreign policy positions of the USSR, which, in particular, attributes the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the countries of Eastern Europe.

In December, he resigned “in protest against the impending dictatorship” and in the same year left the ranks of the CPSU. In November, at the invitation of M. Shevardnadze, he was one of the associates of M. Gorbachev in pursuing a policy of perestroika, publicity and discharge of international tension. A few weeks after leaving the leadership in Moscow, he again came to power in his native Georgia.

In December - January, E. Shevardnadze was the main organizer of the military coup in Georgia, who shifted President Z. Gamsakhurdia and actually stopped the civil war. But his hopes for the return of Abkhazia were not destined to be justified due to the position of the leadership of Abkhazia. In the year, the chairman of the illegitimate body - the State Council of Georgia. In the years - the chairman of the Georgian Parliament, the chairman of the State Council of Defense of Georgia.

Since November - Chairman of the Union of Citizens of Georgia. Since the year - President of Georgia. In the year he was re -elected, receiving more than 82 percent of votes who took part in the elections. In September, he stated that after the completion of the presidential period of reign in the year, he intends to retire and start writing memoirs. In October, he said that his meeting with V.

Putin in Chisinau became the “beginning of a fracture in Georgian-Russian relations” the leaders of the countries announced the readiness of joint fighting terrorism. The opposition called its supporters to shares of civil disobedience. They insisted that the authorities recognize the elections as failed.

Opponents of E. Shevardnadze considered the results “mockery” and open, total falsification. The doubtfulness of the election result was the cause of the Rose revolution on November 21-23. The opposition nominated the ultimatum Shevardnadze - to resign from the post of president, or the opposition will take the residence of Krtsanisi. Shevardnadze resigned. He lived in Tbilisi. He died on July 7th.

He was buried in the park of the residence of Krtsanisi in Tbilisi. Major General of the internal service. Awarded 5 Orders of Lenin