Lavrentiy Tsanava
Lavrentiy Tsanava | |
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| Лаврентий Фомич Цанава (Russian) ლავრენტი ცანავა (Georgian) | |
| Minister of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office 15 March 1946 – 29 October 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as People's Commissar of State Security) |
| Succeeded by | Mikhial Baskakov |
| People's Commissar of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office 7 May 1943 – 15 March 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office 26 February 1941 – 31 July 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office 17 December 1938 – 26 February 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Alexei Nasedkin |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Matveyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lavrentiy Fomich Janjghava 9 August 1900 |
| Died | 12 October 1955 (aged 55) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1921–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1953) |
| Branch/service | Cheka GPU OGPU NKVD NKGB MGB |
| Years of service | 1921 – 1953 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava (Russian: Лаврентий Фомич Цанава; Georgian: ლავრენტი ცანავა), born Lavrentiy Janjghava (Russian: Лаврентий Джанджгава; Georgian: ლავრენტი ჯანჯღავა; 9 August 1900 – 12 October 1955), was a Soviet politician and lieutenant general who served as the head of the Committee for State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (NKVD) from 1941 until 1951. A close confidant of Lavrentiy Beria, and likewise an ethnic Mingrelian, he was arrested after the death of Joseph Stalin and died in prison awaiting a trial.