The First Secretary of the Adjar regional branch of the

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was the position of highest authority in the

Adjar ASSR The Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Adjarian ASSR or Adzhar ASSR; ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა; russian: Адж� ...

in the

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

of the

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. The position was created in 1921, and abolished in 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the

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or the

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himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Adjaria

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World Statesmen.org Regional Committees of the Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union) Politics of Adjara 1921 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Adjaria

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