Eduard Shevardnadze

Eduard Shevardnadze

Actor

January 25, 1928

Biography

Eduard Ambrosiyevich Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე, Eduard Ambrosis dze Ševardnadze; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Georgian politician and diplomat. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (GPC), the de facto leader of Soviet Georgia from 1972 to 1985 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Shevardnadze was responsible for many key decisions in Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev Era including reunification of Germany. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was President of Georgia (or in equivalent posts) from 1992 to 2003. He was forced to retire in 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution. (wiki)

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Last Days of the USSR
2011Winner

Best Performance

The Last Days of the USSR

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
1999Winner

Best Performance

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World

He Came to Give Us Freedom
2011Nominee

Best Performance

He Came to Give Us Freedom

Career Highlights

განგსტერული საქართველო
2009Highlight

Best Performance

განგსტერული საქართველო

Russian Lessons
2010Highlight

Best Performance

Russian Lessons

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