Givi Gumbaridze ( ka, გივი გუმბარიძე; born 22 March 1945) is a former

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

politician. He served as

First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (; ) was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia and were considered the leader of the Georgian S ...

from 14 April 1989 to 7 December 1990. Prior to that he had served as the head of the Georgian KGB.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gumbaridze, Givi 1945 births Living people 20th-century politicians from Georgia (country) First Secretaries of the Georgian Communist Party Politicians from Tbilisi KGB officers Soviet politicians