PM pays tribute to memory of Georgia’s first President Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Prime Minister of Georgia on Thursday paid tribute to the memory of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the late first President of the country. Photo: Government Administration
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Prime Minister of Georgia on Thursday paid tribute to the memory of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the late first President of the country.
The Government Administration said Garibashvili had visited the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures, where he laid flowers at the grave of the historical figure who led the country in its restoration of independence from the Soviet Union.
The Soviet-era dissident, writer and politician was elected in 1990 and served in the office through the political and social turmoil in the country following the dissolution of the USSR and declaration of independence by Georgia.
He was forced from power, and eventually from the country, in a 1991 coup, before returning from the exile in 1993. He died in unclear circumstances in a village of western Georgia on 31 December 1993.
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