Givi Gumbaridze

Givi Gumbaridze
გივი გუმბარიძე
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
In office
14 April 1989 – 7 December 1990
Preceded byJumber Patiashvili
Succeeded byAvtandil Margiani
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR
In office
15 November 1989 – 17 November 1990
Preceded byOtar Circassia
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Georgian SSR
In office
2 December 1988 – 15 April 1989
Preceded byAleksi Inauri
Succeeded byTariel Lordkipanidze
Personal details
Born (1945-03-22) 22 March 1945
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
KGB
Years of service1966-1967
1988-1989
RankColonel
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Givi Gumbaridze (Georgian: გივი გუმბარიძე; Russian: Ги́ви Григо́рьевич Гумбари́дзе; born 22 March 1945) is a former Soviet and Georgian politician. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from 14 April 1989 to 7 December 1990 and as head of state of the Georgian SSR. Prior to that he had served as the head of the Georgian KGB.