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Eduard Shevardnadze

1928 - 2014

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Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე, romanized: Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) 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 1990. Shevardnadze started his political career in the late 1940s as a leading member of his local Komsomol organisation. He was later appointed its Second Secretary, then its First Secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Shevardnadze has received more than 853,472 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Eduard Shevardnadze is the 424th most popular politician (up from 595th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Politician.

Shevardnadze was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Soviet Union and then for independent Georgia. He is most famous for his role in the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eduard Shevardnadze ranks 424 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles I of England, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Jeongjo of Joseon, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rurik, and Goliath. After him are Shivaji, Sigismund III Vasa, Idi Amin, Sitting Bull, Menes, and Menkaure.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Eduard Shevardnadze ranks 9. Before him are Stanley Kubrick, John Forbes Nash Jr., Ennio Morricone, Hosni Mubarak, Noam Chomsky, and Ariel Sharon. After him are James Watson, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Serge Gainsbourg, Philip K. Dick, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Osamu Tezuka. Among people deceased in 2014, Eduard Shevardnadze ranks 6. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez, Robin Williams, Ariel Sharon, Eusébio, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. After him are Hiroo Onoda, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Claudio Abbado, Eli Wallach, Joe Cocker, and Luis Aragonés.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze ranks 4 out of 342. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), and Aram Khachaturian (1903). After him are Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Halime Sultan (1576), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Pyotr Bagration (1765), and Tigran Petrosian (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879) and Darius the Great (-550). After him are Tamar of Georgia (1166), Halime Sultan (1576), David IV of Georgia (1073), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), and Herbert Backe (1896).

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