Eduard Shevardnadze

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)

Known For

Russian Lessons

as Self

The Last Days of the USSR

as Self

maybrit illner

as Self

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

as Self

Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

as Self

He Came to Give Us Freedom

The Second Russian Revolution

as Self

Sabine Christiansen

as Self

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

as Self (archive footage)