First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
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The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party was the leading position in the Georgian Communist party
during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia
and were considered the leader of the Georgian SSR. Many of its leaders were prominent outside of the country and were noted Soviet leaders, including Lavrenti Beria and Eduard Shevardnadze
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Georgian Communist party
Georgia was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic after 25 February 1921 when the Red Army entered its capital Tbilisi and installed a communist government led by Georgian Bolshevik Filipp Makharadze. After the 1924 August Uprising in Georgia the country was...
during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
and were considered the leader of the Georgian SSR. Many of its leaders were prominent outside of the country and were noted Soviet leaders, including Lavrenti Beria and Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...
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List of First Secretaries of the Georgian Communist Party
- Mamia Orakhelashvili (March 1921 - April 1922)
- Mikheil Okujava (April - 22 October 1922)
- Vissarion LominadzeVissarion LominadzeVissarion Vissarionovich Lominadze , known as Beso , was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician.Lominadze was born in Kutaisi, Georgia into the family of a teacher. Beginning in 1913 he participated in student Social Democratic organizations in Kutaisi and St...
(25 October 1922 - August 1924) - Mikheil Kakhiani (August 1924 - May 1930)
- Levan Gogoberidze (May - 19 November 1930)
- Samson MamuliaSamson MamuliaSamson Mamulia was the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party.In June 1937 he was imprisoned on the orders of Stalin in Tbilisi a month after his son's birth. he was executed and his wife died in the Gulag. His son Guram Mamulia was an activist for Meskhetian rights.-References:...
(20 November 1930 - 11 September 1931) - Lavrenti Kartvelishvili (11 September - 14 November 1931)
- Lavrenti BeriaLavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
(14 November 1931 - 18 October 1932) (1st time) - Petre Agniashvili (18 October 1932 - 15 January 1934)
- Lavrenti BeriaLavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
(15 January 1934 - 31 August 1938) (2nd time) - Candide CharkvianiCandide CharkvianiCandide Charkviani was Georgian party and government official, First secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia from 1938-1952. [1]-Early life:...
(31 August 1938 - 2 April 1952) - Akaki Mgeladze (2 April 1952 - 14 April 1953)
- Aleksandre MirtskhulavaAleksandre MirtskhulavaAleksandre Mirtskhulava or Aleksandr Iordanovich Mirtskhulava was a Georgian politician who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR from April to September 1953....
(14 April - 19 September 1953) - Vasil MzhavanadzeVasil MzhavanadzeVasil Pavlovich Mzhavanadze was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Georgian SSR from September 1953 to September 28, 1972 and a member of the CPSU's Politburo from June 29, 1957 to December 18, 1972...
(20 September 1953 - 29 September 1972) - Eduard ShevardnadzeEduard ShevardnadzeEduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...
(29 September 1972 - 6 July 1985) - Jumber PatiashviliJumber PatiashviliJumber Patiashvili is a Georgian politician. A current member of parliament, he was the Communist leader of the Georgian SSR from 1985 to 1989....
(6 July 1985 - 14 April 1989) - Givi Gumbaridze (14 April 1989 - 7 December 1990)
- Avtandil Margiani (7 December 1990 - 19 February 1991)
- Jemal Mikeladze (20 February - 26 August 1991)