Background
Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosiyevich was born on January 25, 1928 in Mamati Lanchkhutsky Raion, Georgia, United States.
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Shevardnadze discusses his relationship with Gorbachev, his role in the resolution of the Afghan War, the Soviet withdrawal from Eastern Europe, the reunification of Germany, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, and his role in the opposition to the August 1991 coup.
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Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosiyevich was born on January 25, 1928 in Mamati Lanchkhutsky Raion, Georgia, United States.
Graduate, Republican Party School of Center Committee, Communist Party of Georgia, 1951. Graduate, Kutaisi Pedagogical Institute, 1959. Degree in Political Science & Diplomacy (honorary), University Trieste, 1991.
Degree in Political Science & Diplomacy (honorary), Harvard University.
Joined Communist Party Soviet Union, 1948, Komsomol work, 1948-1961. 2d secretary Center Committee Georgian Komsomol, 1956-1957. 1st secretary Center Committee Georgian Komsomol, 1957-1961.
Party work, 1961-1991. Member Center Committee Georgian Communist Party, 1961-1991. 1st secretary Mtskheti Raion Committee, 1961-1963, Pervomaisky Raion Committee, Tbilisi City, Communist Party of Georgia, 1963-1964.
1st deputy minister for Protection of Public Order, 1961-1965. Minister (renamed Ministry of Internal Affairs 1968), 1965-1972. 1st secretary Tbilisi City Committee of Center Committee, Communist Party of Georgia, 1972.
1st secretary Center Committee Georgian Communist Party, 1972-1985. Minister foreign affairs Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1985-1990, 91. Member Center Committee of Communist Party Soviet Union, 1976-1991.
Candidate member Politburo, 1978-1985, deputy to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet, 1978-1991. Member Presidential Council, 1990-1991. Chairman State Council Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi, 1992-1993, President of Parliament, head of state, 1992-1995, president, 1995—2003.
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Author: My Choice, 1991, The Future Belongs to Freedom, 1991, The Great Silk Road, 1999, Thoughts about the Past and the Future, 2006.
CPSU since 1948; Central Committee, CP of Georgia 1958-1964, since 1966, member Politburo, First Secretary 1972-1985. Central Committee of CPSU since 1976, Candidate member Politburo 1978-1985, member 1985-1990. Presidential Council since 1990.
Son of Ambrosi Shevardnadze & Sophie Pateishvili S. Married Nanuli Tsagareishvili, 1950 (deceased October 20, 2004). Children: Manana, Paata.