Guram Mamulia ( ka, გურამ მამულია; May 9, 1937 – January 1, 2003) was a

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 ...

historian, politician and campaigner for Meskhetian rights. A month after Mamulia was born, his father,

Samson Mamulia Samson Mamulia ( ka, სამსონ მამულია; russian: Самсон Мамулия; 1892–1937) was a Georgian Soviet politician and the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from November 20, 1930 to October 13, 1931. ...

was imprisoned and executed by

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

's government. He was raised by his aunt. He graduated with a degree in history from

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

in 1960. He began teaching at Tbilisi University in 1973.Dan Brennan.
Obituary: Guram Mamulia
, ''

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'', April 5, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.

Dissident and Meskhetian rights activist

In 1981 he was expelled from the Communist Party after protesting on behalf of dissidents. In 1983 he was removed from his position at the University for publishing an article condemning the

Treaty of Georgievsk The Treaty of Georgievsk (russian: Георгиевский трактат, Georgievskiy traktat; ka, გეორგიევსკის ტრაქტატი, tr) was a bilateral treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and the east Ge ...

of 1783 whereby Russia established a protectorate over Georgia. In 1988 he was a co-founder of the Ilia Chavchavadze Society. The next year he helped found the Georgian Memorial Society which was devoted to memorializing victims of the Soviets. He was a supporter of

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for ...

and was elected to Georgia's parliament in 1992 where he was involved in inter-ethnic relations. He helped found the independent Association for the Repatriation and Integration of Meskhetians which supported the repatriation of Meskhetians as a condition to enter the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

and he was involved with the

International Black Sea University The International Black Sea University (IBSU) ( ka, შავი ზღვის საერთაშორისო უნივერსიტეტი) was established in 1995 in Tbilisi, Georgia and was opened by the second president of Georg ...

, a UN supported program for cooperation between Georgian and Turkish academics.The 2007 International Conference - Meskhetians: Social Challenges, Prospects
Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mamulia, Guram 1937 births 2003 deaths Activists from Georgia (country) 20th-century historians from Georgia (country) Soviet dissidents Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union) politicians Members of the Parliament of Georgia