A prominent exponent of Georgian nationalism and pan-Caucasianism, Zviad Gamsakhurdia was involved in Soviet dissident movement from his youth. His activities attracted attention of authorities in the Soviet Union and Gamsakhurdia was arrested and imprisoned numerous times.
The former dissident Zviad Gamsakhurdia led a coalition called the Round Table to victory in parliamentary elections in October 1990. After Georgia declared ...
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Former President of Georgia
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia was a Georgian politician, human rights activist, dissident, professor of English language studies and American literature at Tbilisi State University, and writer who became the first democratically elected... Wikipedia
Born: March 31, 1939, Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: December 31, 1993 (age 54 years)
Presidential term: April 14, 1991 – January 6, 1992
Spouse: Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia (m. ?–1993)
Party: Round Table—Free Georgia
Organization founded: National Guard of Georgia
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