Jumber Patiashvili (Georgian: ჯუმბერ პატიაშვილი; born 5 August 1939) is a Georgian politician. He was the Communist leader of the Georgian SSR from 1985 to 1989.
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Born in Lagodekhi, Kakheti (eastern Georgia), he graduated from Tbilisi Agricultural Institute. From 1966, he worked for Komsomol and subsequently from Communist Party. Patiashvili, a nondescript party loyalist, succeeded Eduard Shevardnadze as the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party in 1985. Under Patiashvili, most of Shevardnadze's initiatives atrophied, and no new policy innovations were undertaken. Patiashvili removed some of Shevardnadze's key appointees, although he could not dismiss his predecessor's many middle-echelon appointees without seriously damaging the party apparatus. By isolating opposition groups, Patiashvili forced reformist leaders into underground organizations and confrontational behavior. By the end of 1988, Georgian national movement became more active, several manifestations and hunger strikes were organized by the so-called informal political organizations. The protesters were brutally dispersed by the Soviet troops on April 9, 1989. Following the tragedy, the Georgian national liberation movement radicalized and left little chance to a local communist leadership to control the situation in the Republic. Patiashvili was removed from his office and replaced by the former KGB chief Givi Gumbaridze the same month.
He was elected MP in the Georgian parliament of 1992-1995. Patiashvili returned to the national politics prior to the 1999 parliamentary elections. He organized an oppositional Unity (ertoba in Georgian) party joining the oppositional bloc united behind the Democratic Revival Party led by Aslan Abashidze, regional leader of Adjara, and was elected in the Parliament of Georgia. Later, he distanced himself from Abashidze, remaining, however, in opposition to Eduard Shevardnadze’s government. His party took part in the oppositionist demonstrations which led to the Rose Revolution in November 2003. He was elected MP for Gori district in 2004.
jumber, patiashvili, georgian, ჯუმბერ, პატიაშვილი, born, august, 1939, georgian, politician, communist, leader, georgian, from, 1985, 1989, biography, editborn, lagodekhi, kakheti, eastern, georgia, graduated, from, tbilisi, agricultural, institute, from, 1966. Jumber Patiashvili Georgian ჯუმბერ პატიაშვილი born 5 August 1939 is a Georgian politician He was the Communist leader of the Georgian SSR from 1985 to 1989 Biography editBorn in Lagodekhi Kakheti eastern Georgia he graduated from Tbilisi Agricultural Institute From 1966 he worked for Komsomol and subsequently from Communist Party Patiashvili a nondescript party loyalist succeeded Eduard Shevardnadze as the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party in 1985 Under Patiashvili most of Shevardnadze s initiatives atrophied and no new policy innovations were undertaken Patiashvili removed some of Shevardnadze s key appointees although he could not dismiss his predecessor s many middle echelon appointees without seriously damaging the party apparatus By isolating opposition groups Patiashvili forced reformist leaders into underground organizations and confrontational behavior By the end of 1988 Georgian national movement became more active several manifestations and hunger strikes were organized by the so called informal political organizations The protesters were brutally dispersed by the Soviet troops on April 9 1989 Following the tragedy the Georgian national liberation movement radicalized and left little chance to a local communist leadership to control the situation in the Republic Patiashvili was removed from his office and replaced by the former KGB chief Givi Gumbaridze the same month He was elected MP in the Georgian parliament of 1992 1995 Patiashvili returned to the national politics prior to the 1999 parliamentary elections He organized an oppositional Unity ertoba in Georgian party joining the oppositional bloc united behind the Democratic Revival Party led by Aslan Abashidze regional leader of Adjara and was elected in the Parliament of Georgia Later he distanced himself from Abashidze remaining however in opposition to Eduard Shevardnadze s government His party took part in the oppositionist demonstrations which led to the Rose Revolution in November 2003 He was elected MP for Gori district in 2004 He ran in the 2008 Georgian parliamentary election from the Gori constituency on the Rightist Alliance Topadze Industrialists bloc ticket 1 References edit List of Majoritarian MP Candidates Civil Georgia April 24 2008 External links editCountry studies com Jumber Patiashvili Parliament ge Members of the Parliament of Georgia Jumber Patiashvili Party political offices Preceded byEduard Shevardnadze First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party1985 1989 Succeeded byGivi Gumbaridze Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jumber Patiashvili amp oldid 1190408175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
