`` Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya '' ; March 31 , 1939 -- December 31 , 1993 ) was a dissident , scientist and writer , who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era .
`` Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya '' ; March 31 , 1939 -- December 31 , 1993 ) was a Georgian scientist and writer . He became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era .