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.[1]
Notes
- ^ Jones 2013, p. 35
References
- Jones, Stephen (2013), Georgia: A Political History Since Independence, London: I.B. Taurus, ISBN 978-1-78453-085-3