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Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for several non-consecutive periods from 1972 until his resignation in 2003 and also served as the final Soviet minister of foreign affairs from 1985 to 1991.
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Born 25 January 1928 · Died 7 July 2014 · Q151929
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“I have never betrayed my people and I am stating now, too, that it is probably better for the president to resign, so all this can end peacefully and there is no bloodshed and no casualties.”
“We wanted this crisis to be solved peacefully and it seems that the situation has gone in that direction,”
“so all this can end peacefully and there is no bloodshed and no casualties.”
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“For Georgians, the sun rises not in the east, but in the north—in Russia.”
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The Washington Post: Eduard Shevardnadze helped change the world
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Eduard Shevardnadze: From Cold War Hero To Fallen Leader
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Died 2014-07-07.
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“Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.”
“It is time to realize that neither socialism, nor friendship, nor good-neighborliness, nor respect can be produced by bayonets, tanks or blood.”
Awarded Order of Outstanding Merit (2003).
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And also served as the final Soviet minister of foreign affairs from 1985 to 1991
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Under the umbrella of the war on terror in the context of the Pankisi Gorge crisis
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A major political crisis in Georgia led to a series of defections from the ruling Union of Citizens, notably of those belonging to the former "reformist faction" of the UCG, which led to the formation of the new oppositi
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Won: 2000 – Palestine (2000).
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Awarded Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (2000).
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Awarded Independence Order (2000).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (1999).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999).
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Awarded Order of State of Republic of Turkey (1999).
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Earned Gold Olympic Order (1999).
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Signed the country's accession to the Council of Europe, while in 2002, he declared his intention for Georgia to join NATO
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from the University of Jena in Germany
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His motorcade was ambushed by 10 to 15 armed men; two bodyguards were killed
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from Tbilisi State University in Georgia
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from Baku State University in Azerbaijan
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Giorgadze was implicated together with Ioseliani in Shevardnadze's assassination attempt, which led to Giorgadze fleeing to Moscow
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Career landmark: President of Georgia (1995–2003).
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Allowing the deployment of the Russian border troops on the Georgia–Turkey border
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But was ended by Russian intervention on Shevardnadze's side—after he decided to join the Russian-led Commonwealth of Independent States in October 1993—and the death of ex-President Gamsakhurdia on 31 December 1993
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Institute for East West Security Studies granted Shevardnadze with the award for his merit in ending cold war and liberation of the country
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Shevardnadze began to establish more formal military and security structures with Russian aid
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Against pro-Gamsakhurdia forces, which refused to recognize Shevardnadze as a legitimate leader and tried to regain power
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Shevardnadze became the leader of Georgia (as Chairman of Parliament)
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Corruption continued to remain a significant problem
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from Emory University
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1991–1991).
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from Boston University
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from Brown University
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Shevardnadze was baptized into the Georgian Orthodox Church
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Shevardnadze returned to the newly independent Republic of Georgia after being asked to lead the country by the Military Council, which had recently deposed the country's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia
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Shevardnadze received an honorary degree from Harvard University
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“This is what guides me when I talk to James Baker [the then US Secretary of State], or to Douglas Hurd, or Hans-Dietrich Genscher. They are partners, people with whom I have been able to establish a good relationship.”
Awarded Order of Lenin (1988).
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Awarded Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985).
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Mikhail Gorbachev appointed Shevardnadze to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1985–1991).
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1985–1990).
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When the veteran Soviet minister of foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko left that post for the largely ceremonial position of chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (official head of state)
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1981).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1981).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1978).
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Career landmark: Candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1978–1985).
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Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1976).
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Shevardnadze gave a speech in which he called general secretary Leonid Brezhnev "vozhd" (leader), a term previously reserved for Joseph Stalin
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And in 1978 was promoted to the rank of non-voting candidate member of the Soviet Political Bureau (Politburo)
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1973).
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Shevardnadze launched an agricultural reform in Abasha, popularly referred to as the "Abasha experiment
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Career landmark: First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (1972–1985).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1971).
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Won Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966).
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Shevardnadze was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR
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By the Politburo of the Georgian Communist Party after offending a senior official
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Won Medal "For Labour Valour" (1960).
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Shevardnadze married Nanuli Shevardnadze, whose father was killed by the authorities at the height of the purge
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At the age of twenty, Eduard Shevardnadze joined the Georgian Communist Party (GCP) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)
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During the Great Purge, Eduard's father was arrested but was later released because of the intervention of an NKVD officer who had been Ambrose's pupil
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Born 1928-01-25.
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