Eduard Shevardnadze

**Eduard Shevardnadze** (; 25 January 1928 - 7 July 2014) was a Georgian politician. He was a former Soviet minister of foreign affairs. He served as President of Georgia from November 1995 to November 2003.

## Other websites

- BBC obituary
- Foes of Georgian Leader Storm Into Parliament Building by Seth Mydans, from the New York Times Web Site.
- Georgian Interior Minister Vows to Enforce State of Emergency on the Voice of America News Web Site.
- People power forces Georgia leader out from BBC News online.
- MacKinnon, Mark. Georgia revolt carried mark of Soros . _Globe and Mail_, 26 November 2003.
- Russians in Baden-Baden

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Eduard Shevardnadze
- **native name**: ედუარდ შევარდნაძე
- **native name lang**: ka
- **nationality**: Soviet people, Soviet (until 1991)
Georgians, Georgian (since 1991)
- **image**: Eduard shevardnadze.jpg
- **office**: President of Georgia, 2nd President of Georgia
- **term start**: 26 November 1995
- **term end**: 23 November 2003
- **predecessor**: Position restored;
himself as the Head of State of Georgia
- **successor**: Nino Burjanadze
- **office2**: Chairman of the Parliament - Head of State of Georgia
- **term start2**: 6 November 1992
- **term end2**: 26 November 1995
<small>(Chairman of the Parliament from 4 November 1992)</small>
- **predecessor2**: Position established;
himself as the Chairman of the State Council of Georgia
- **successor2**: Position abolished;
Zurab Zhvania as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
- **office3**: Chairman of the State Council of Georgia
- **term start3**: 10 March 1992
- **term end3**: 4 November 1992
- **predecessor3**: Position established; Military Council (Georgia), Military Council as the interim head of state
- **successor3**: Position abolished; himself as the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
- **office4**: Ministry of External Relations (Soviet Union), Minister of External Relations of the Soviet Union
- **premier4**: Ivan Silayev
- **term start4**: 19 November 1991
- **term end4**: 26 December 1991
- **predecessor4**: Boris Pankin
- **successor4**: Position abolished
- **office5**: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
- **term start5**: 2 July 1985
- **term end5**: 20 December 1990
- **premier5**: Nikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Ryzhkov
- **predecessor5**: Andrei Gromyko
- **successor5**: Aleksandr Bessmertnykh
- **office6**: First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party, First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
- **term start6**: 29 September 1972
- **term end6**: 6 July 1985
- **predecessor6**: Vasil Mzhavanadze
- **successor6**: Jumber Patiashvili
- **office7**: Ministry of Internal Affairs (Georgia), Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgian SSR
- **term start7**: 1967
- **term end7**: 1972
- **predecessor7**: Vladimir Janjgava
- **successor7**: Dilar Habuliani
- **birth place**: Mamati, Guria, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
- **death place**: Tbilisi, Georgia
- **spouse**: Nanuli Shevardnadze
- **children**: 2
- **party**: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
<small>(1948-1991)</small>
Independent (politician), Independent
<small>(1991-1995)</small>
Union of Citizens of Georgia
<small>(1995-2003)</small>
- **branch**: MVD
- **serviceyears**: 1964–1972
- **rank**:
Major General
- **commands**: Ministry of Public Order of the Georgian SSR (1965-1968)
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR (1968-1972)
- **awards**: