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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%87" title="إدوارد شيفردنادزه – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إدوارد شيفردنادزه" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF_%D5%87%D5%A5%D6%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B1%D5%A7" title="Էտուարտ Շեւարտնաձէ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Էտուարտ Շեւարտնաձէ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%9Eevardnadze" title="Eduard Şevardnadze – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Eduard Şevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87" title="এডুয়ার্ড শেভার্দনাদজে – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="এডুয়ার্ড শেভার্দনাদজে" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Шеварднадзе Эдуард Амвросиевич – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Шеварднадзе Эдуард Амвросиевич" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8D" title="Эдуард Шэварднадзэ – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эдуард Шэварднадзэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8D" title="Эдуард Шэварнадзэ – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Эдуард Шэварнадзэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Едуард Шеварднадзе – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Едуард Шеварднадзе" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Xevardnadze" title="Eduard Xevardnadze – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Eduard Xevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sjevardnadse" title="Eduard Sjevardnadse – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Eduard Sjevardnadse" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Schewardnadse" title="Eduard Schewardnadse – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eduard Schewardnadse" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B5" title="Έντβαρντ Σεβαρντνάτζε – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Έντβαρντ Σεβαρντνάτζε" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%9Cevardnadze" title="Eduard Ŝevardnadze – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Eduard Ŝevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Xevardnadze" title="Eduard Xevardnadze – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eduard Xevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%87" title="ادوارد شواردنادزه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ادوارد شواردنادزه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edouard_Chevardnadze" title="Edouard Chevardnadze – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Edouard Chevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%91%90%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%EB%93%9C_%EC%85%B0%EB%B0%94%EB%A5%B4%EB%93%9C%EB%82%98%EC%A0%9C" title="에두아르드 셰바르드나제 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에두아르드 셰바르드나제" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%87%D6%87%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B1%D5%A5" title="Էդուարդ Շևարդնաձե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էդուարդ Շևարդնաձե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5,_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8B_%D1%84%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%82" title="Шеварднадзе, Эдуард Амвросийы фырт – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Шеварднадзе, Эдуард Амвросийы фырт" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sjevardnadse" title="Eduard Sjevardnadse – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Eduard Sjevardnadse" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%96%D7%94" title="אדוארד שוורדנדזה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אדוארד שוורדנדזה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94" title="ედუარდ შევარდნაძე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ედუარდ შევარდნაძე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Эдуард Амвросиевич Шеварднадзе – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Эдуард Амвросиевич Шеварднадзе" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Шеварнадзе Эдуарт Амвросиевич – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Шеварнадзе Эдуарт Амвросиевич" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardus_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduardus Ševardnadze – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Eduardus Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduards_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduards Ševardnadze – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Eduards Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Schewardnadse" title="Eduard Schewardnadse – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Eduard Schewardnadse" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Шеварднадзе Эдуард Амвросиян хва – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Шеварднадзе Эдуард Амвросиян хва" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardas_%C5%A0evardnadz%C4%97" title="Eduardas Ševardnadzė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Eduardas Ševardnadzė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sevardnadze" title="Eduard Sevardnadze – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Eduard Sevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%87" title="एदुआर्द शेवार्दनात्झे – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="एदुआर्द शेवार्दनात्झे" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94" title="ედუარდ შევარდნაძე – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ედუარდ შევარდნაძე" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%87" title="ادوارد شيفردنادزه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ادوارد شيفردنادزه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8D" title="Эдуард Шэварднадзэ – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Эдуард Шэварднадзэ" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Эдуард Шеварднадзе – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Эдуард Шеварднадзе" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoeard_Sjevardnadze" title="Edoeard Sjevardnadze – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Edoeard Sjevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%BC" title="エドゥアルド・シェワルナゼ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エドゥアルド・シェワルナゼ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sjevardnadse" title="Eduard Sjevardnadse – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Eduard Sjevardnadse" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sjevardnadze" title="Eduard Sjevardnadze – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Eduard Sjevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoard_Shevardnadze" title="Edoard Shevardnadze – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Edoard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%88%D8%B2%DB%92" title="ایڈورڈ شیورڈناڈزے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایڈورڈ شیورڈناڈزے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Szewardnadze" title="Eduard Szewardnadze – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Eduard Szewardnadze" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C8%98evardnadze" title="Eduard Șevardnadze – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Eduard Șevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5,_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Шеварднадзе, Эдуард Амвросиевич – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шеварднадзе, Эдуард Амвросиевич" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnaxe" title="Eduard Shevardnaxe – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Eduard Shevardnaxe" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Szewardnadze" title="Eduard Szewardnadze – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Eduard Szewardnadze" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Едуард Шеварднадзе – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Едуард Шеварднадзе" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evarnadze" title="Eduard Ševarnadze – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Eduard Ševarnadze" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%A0evardnadze" title="Eduard Ševardnadze – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Eduard Ševardnadze" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sjevardnadze" title="Eduard Sjevardnadze – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Eduard Sjevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87" title="எதுவார்து செவர்துநாத்சே – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="எதுவார்து செவர்துநாத்சே" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Эдуард Шеварднадзе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Эдуард Шеварднадзе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%94_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B" title="เอดูอาร์ด เชวาร์ดนัดเซ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เอดูอาร์ด เชวาร์ดนัดเซ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_%C5%9Eevardnadze" title="Eduard Şevardnadze – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Eduard Şevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%95%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Шеварднадзе Едуард Амвросійович – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Шеварднадзе Едуард Амвросійович" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%88%D8%B2%DB%92" title="ایڈورڈ شیورڈناڈزے – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ایڈورڈ شیورڈناڈزے" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Eduard Shevardnadze" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%88%B1%E5%BE%B7%E5%8D%8E%C2%B7%E8%B0%A2%E7%93%A6%E5%B0%94%E5%BE%B7%E7%BA%B3%E6%B3%BD" title="爱德华·谢瓦尔德纳泽 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="爱德华·谢瓦尔德纳泽" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AC%9D%E7%93%A6%E7%88%BE%E5%BE%B7%E7%B4%8D%E6%BE%A4" title="謝瓦爾德納澤 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="謝瓦爾德納澤" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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Shevardnadze</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="ka">ედუარდ შევარდნაძე</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg/220px-Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg/330px-Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg/440px-Eduard_shevardnadze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1980" data-file-height="2910" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">2nd</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">President of Georgia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 November 1995 – 23 November 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position restored;<br />himself as the Head of State of Georgia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nino_Burjanadze" title="Nino Burjanadze">Nino Burjanadze</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">Chairman of the Parliament - Head of State of Georgia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 November 1992 – 26 November 1995<br /><small>(Chairman of the Parliament from 4 November 1992)</small></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position established;<br />himself as the Chairman of the State Council of Georgia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position abolished;<br /><a href="/wiki/Zurab_Zhvania" title="Zurab Zhvania">Zurab Zhvania</a> as 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December 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Premier</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Tikhonov" title="Nikolai Tikhonov">Nikolai Tikhonov</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Ryzhkov" title="Nikolai Ryzhkov">Nikolai Ryzhkov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Gromyko" title="Andrei Gromyko">Andrei Gromyko</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Bessmertnykh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksandr Bessmertnykh (not yet started)">Aleksandr Bessmertnykh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Secretary_of_the_Georgian_Communist_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (not yet started)">First Secretary</a> of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgian_Communist_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgian Communist Party (not yet started)">Georgian Communist Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 September 1972 – 6 July 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasil_Mzhavanadze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vasil Mzhavanadze (not yet started)">Vasil Mzhavanadze</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jumber_Patiashvili&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jumber Patiashvili (not yet started)">Jumber Patiashvili</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Georgia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Georgia) (not yet started)">Minister of Internal Affairs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian SSR</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1967–1972</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r10098372" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Janjgava&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vladimir Janjgava (not yet started)">Vladimir Janjgava</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dilar_Habuliani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dilar Habuliani (not yet started)">Dilar Habuliani</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-01-25</span>)</span>25 January 1928<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mamati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mamati (not yet started)">Mamati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guria" title="Guria">Guria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transcaucasian_SFSR" title="Transcaucasian SFSR">Transcaucasian SFSR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">7 July 2014<span style="display:none">(2014-07-07)</span> (aged 86)<br />Tblisi, Georgia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_people" title="Soviet people">Soviet</a> (until 1991)<br /><a href="/wiki/Georgians" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgians">Georgian</a> (since 1991)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Communist Party of the Soviet Union</a><br 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lang="ru">Эдуа́рд Амвро́сиевич Шевардна́дзе</span>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanization_of_Russian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanization of Russian (not yet started)">tr.</a> <i>Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze</i>; 25 January 1928 - 7 July 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Georgian_people" title="Georgian people">Georgian</a> politician. He was a former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_people" title="Soviet people">Soviet</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union) (not yet started)">minister of foreign affairs</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">President of Georgia</a> from November 1995 to November 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Shevardnadze&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Shevardnadze&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28190328">Georgia ex-leader Shevardnadze dies</a> - BBC News</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Shevardnadze&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Other websites" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Shevardnadze&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Other websites"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" 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