Eduard Shevardnadze belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Eduard Shevardnadze as Georgian politician and diplomat (1928–2014).
Eduard Shevardnadze was born at Mamati in 1928. His recorded nationality is Russia. He was educated at Akaki Tsereteli State University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were President of Georgia (1995–2003), Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1991–1991) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1985–1991).
His political affiliation is recorded as Union of Citizens of Georgia and Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
Recognition followed: Hero of Socialist Labour (1981), Order of the October Revolution (1976), Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985) and Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966).
That the career was made in Russia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Eduard Shevardnadze died in 2014, aged 86. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Georgia (1995–2003)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1991–1991)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1985–1991)
- deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labour — 1981
- Order of the October Revolution — 1976
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class — 1985
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour — 1966
- Educated at Akaki Tsereteli State University
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