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Zviad Gamsakhurdia

1939 - 1993

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Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia (Georgian: ზვიად კონსტანტინეს ძე გამსახურდია; Russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, romanized: Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1993) was a Georgian politician, human rights activist, dissident, professor of English language studies and American literature at Tbilisi State University, and writer who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in May 1991. A prominent exponent of Georgian nationalism and pan-Caucasianism, Zviad Gamsakhurdia was involved in Soviet dissident movement from his youth. His activities attracted attention of authorities in the Soviet Union and Gamsakhurdia was arrested and imprisoned numerous times. Gamsakhurdia co-founded the Georgian Helsinki Group, which sought to bring attention to human rights violations in the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zviad Gamsakhurdia is the 1,492nd most popular politician (down from 1,424th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 11th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Georgian Politician.

Zviad Gamsakhurdia is most famous for being the first and only president of Georgia. He was in power from 1991 to 1992, when he was overthrown in a military coup.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 1,492 out of 19,576. Before him are John VI of Portugal, Rutherford B. Hayes, Mohammed V of Morocco, Safiyya bint Huyayy, Galeazzo Ciano, and Amyntas IV of Macedon. After him are Ashur-uballit II, Valdemar I of Denmark, Ptolemy Keraunos, John Tyler, Cambyses I, and Agrippina the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 17. Before him are Giovanni Trapattoni, Amos Oz, Amanda Lear, Harvey Keitel, Giovanni Falcone, and Ada Yonath. After him are Reuven Rivlin, Margaret Atwood, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, James Fox, Ralph Lauren, and Karel Gott. Among people deceased in 1993, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 12. Before him are James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, and Turgut Özal. After him are Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Polykarp Kusch, Inge Lehmann, Anthony Burgess, André the Giant, and Robert W. Holley.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 10 out of 406. Before him are Aram Khachaturian (1903), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), and Tigran Petrosian (1929). After him are Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), Sayat-Nova (1712), Kato Svanidze (1885), and Aleksei Brusilov (1853).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 6. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), Attila (406), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), and Tamar of Georgia (1166). After him are Kato Svanidze (1885), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), David IV of Georgia (1073), Sergei Witte (1849), and Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886).

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