Eduard Shevardnadze Biography and Timeline

Birth of Edward Shevarnadze

Birth of Edward Shevarnadze

Role range: 1917-1991

Central Committee

Appointed Member of Central Committee

Role range: 1917-1991

Politburo

Appointed Member of Politburo

Role range: 1917-1991

Chairman

Appointed Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1988

Foreign Secretary of Georgia

Appointed Foreign Minister

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1990

Conference of Communist Party

The concept of class war as the basis for foreign policy is scrapped

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1990

Invasion of Afghanistan

Signs as a guarantor in Geneva of the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan

Role range: 1985-1990

Visit to By a Soviet Foreign Minister in three

Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze wraps up four days of high-level talks in China, the first visit by a Soviet Foreign Minister in three decades

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1990

Resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze

Resigns delaring Russia is heading for a dictatorship

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1990

Speaker

Elected Speaker of Parliament and becomes the countrys leader

Commonwealth

Georgia becomes a member of Russias Commonwealth of Independent States; Russia, in return, backs Shevardnadze against the Abkhaz rebels

Independence of Georgia

Georgia becomes a member of Russias Commonwealth of Independent States; Russia, in return, backs Shevardnadze against the Abkhaz rebels

Rule of Abkhazia

Separatists in the northwestern province of Abkhazia take over control by war, war between Abkhaz forces and Georgians kills 10,000 and leaves the Black Sea region as a de facto independent but unrecognized state. Georgia becomes a member of Russias Commonwealth of Independent States; Russia, in return, backs Shevardnadze against the Abkhaz rebels

Rule of Abkhazia

Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia and sets up its own Government, no other country gives recognition

Constitution of Georgia

Eduard Shevardnadze is elected president of Georgia for a 5-year term after the country adopts a new constitution

President of Georgia

Eduard Shevardnadze is elected president of Georgia for a 5-year term after the country adopts a new constitution

International Agreement

Shevardnadze signs a cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan and Armenia

Former Soviet republics (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) formed

Former Soviet republics (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) formed Guuam to seek cooperation outside Russian influence

Guuam

Former Soviet republics (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova) formed Guuam to seek cooperation outside Russian influence

Rule of Abkhazia

Fighting between Abkhaz forces and Georgian irregulars rages inside a Russian patrolled buffer zone despite an agreed 1993 cease-fire

Economy of Georgia

Five nations endorse the oil pipeline from the Caspian to the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan and Uzbekistan committed to the 1,080 mile conduit with a push from the US

Election

Shevardnadzes party wins Parliamentary elections

Election

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey agreed to a US-backed plan for a Caspian oil pipeline from Baku to Ceyhan to be completed in 2004

Election

Shevardnadze wins re-election with some 82% of the vote