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Zviad Gamsakhurdia was born in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on 31 March 1939; his father, Academician Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893–1975), was a prominent Georgian writer during the 20th century. He was a devout adherent of the Georgian Orthodox Church his entire life.
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia 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.
The former dissident Zviad Gamsakhurdia led a coalition called the Round Table to victory in parliamentary elections in October 1990. After Georgia declared independence on April 9, 1991, Gamsakhurdia was elected president.
Born the son of Konstantin Gamsakhurdia, a famous Georgian writer and patriot, Zviad Gamsakhurdia became a leading Georgian dissident and human rights activist in the Soviet Union. In 1974, along with a number of fellow Georgian dissidents, he formed the Initiative Group for the Defense of Human Rights and in 1976, the Georgian Helsinki Group ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Zviad Gamsakhurdia was the most important among them: as the son of a renowned Georgian writer, a writer himself, a lifelong theorist of the Georgian nationalist narrative, and a lifelong dissident,
Mar 31, 2019 · Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday paid tribute to the memory of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the late first President of the country, on his 84th birthday.
Following this, on November 14, 1990, Zviad Gamsakhurdia was elected as chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia, effectively positioning him as the de facto leader of Georgia.
