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Eduard Shevardnadze Fast Facts

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Updated 2203 GMT (0603 HKT) May 1, 2017

N 357992 002 23Sep99 Washington, Dc 679733 Bill Clinton Meets With Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze In The Oval Office. Here, Eduard Shevardnadze. (Photo By The White House/Getty Images)
N 357992 002 23Sep99 Washington, Dc 679733 Bill Clinton Meets With Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze In The Oval Office. Here, Eduard Shevardnadze. (Photo By The White House/Getty Images)

Here's a look at the life of Eduard Shevardnadze, former president of Georgia.

Personal:
Birth date: January 25, 1928
Death date: July 7, 2014
    Birth place: Mamati, Republic of Georgia, USSR
      Birth name: Eduard Amvrosievich Shevardnadze
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      Marriage: Nanuli Shevardnadze-Tsagareishvili (date unknown - October 20, 2004, her death)
      Children: Paata;Manana
        Education: Kutaisi Pedagogical Institute
        Other Facts:
        Target of multiple assassination attempts.
        Nicknamed "white fox."
        Timeline:
        1948 - Joins the Communist Party of Georgia.
        1965-1972 - Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs.
        1972-1985 - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia.
        July 1985-1990 - Serves as USSR minister of foreign affairs, is appointed by Mikhail Gorbachev.
        December 20, 1990 - Resigns as minister of foreign affairs.
        July 1991 - Resigns from the Communist Party.
        November 19, 1991-December 25, 1991 - Returns as USSR minister of foreign affairs.
        September 1991 - His book, "The Future Belongs to Freedom," is published.
        March 1992-November 1995 - Chairman of the State Council of Georgia.
        November 5, 1995-November 23, 2003 - President of Georgia.
          November 23, 2003 - Resigns from office amid public protests and claims of corruption.
          July 7, 2014 - Georgia's GHN news agency reports that Shevardnadze has died at the age of 86.