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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.
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.
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.
(1931 – 1999), human rights activist and writer. 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.
He was forcibly driven from office in 1992 amid well-founded charges of corruption, violation of human rights, and abuse of office. Gamsakhurdia and his followers fought against the new regime, led by Shevardnadze. He was killed in action.
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.
Nov 6, 2008 · About Dr. Zviad K. Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993), the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia, one of the leaders of the national-liberation movement of Georgia in 1973-1990, distinguished scientist and public figure.
Feb 25, 1994 · ZVIAD GAMSAKHURDIA was a passionate nationalist, a highly cultured man, independent Georgia's first democratically elected President, but also a dictator who sowed conflict and...
Zviad Gamsakhurdia ( Georgian: ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr. Zviad K'onst'ant'ines dze Gamsakhurdia; Russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, tr. Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; March 31, 1939 — December 31, 1993) was a Georgian scientist and writer. He became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. .
Jan 1, 2019 · In 1991 Zviad Gamsakhurdia became Georgia’s first elected president after the collapse of the USSR and the declaration of Georgian independence. A renowned nationalist during the Soviet period, his tenure was marked by erratic behaviour and ardent nationalism, often at the expense of ethnic minorities.
