Aleksi Inauri

Givi Gumbaridze
გივი გუმბარიძე
Chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Georgian SSR
In office
26 March 1954 – 2 December 1988
Preceded byHimself (as Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR )
Succeeded byGivi Gumbaridze
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR
In office
20 July 1953 – 26 March 1954
Preceded byVladimir Dekanozov
Succeeded byVladimer Djandjgava
Personal details
Born(1908-05-12)12 May 1908
Died23 June 1993(1993-06-23) (aged 85)
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Years of service1927-1988
Rank Colonel general
Commands18th Mechanized Division
9th Motor Rifle Division
3rd Rifle Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II
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Aleksi Inauri (Georgian: ალექსი ინაური; Russian: Алексей Николаевич Инаури, Aleksey Nikolayevich Inauri) (May 12, 1908 – June 23, 1993) was a Soviet commander who headed the Georgian KGB (Committee for State Security) for over 30 years (1954–1988) and made it one of the most effective of the KGB's regional Soviet branches. He ended his career as a colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.