Evgeni Gegechkori
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Menshevik politician who chaired the Transcaucasian Commissariat and became foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Born to a noble family in Martvili in 1881, he joined the Social Democratic movement as a student at Moscow University, became a Menshevik and sat in the Third State Duma from 1907 to 1912. From November 1917 to March 1918 he chaired the Transcaucasian Commissariat, then served as minister of war under the Transcaucasian Sejm. He signed the Georgian declaration of independence in May 1918 and was foreign minister, justice minister and deputy head of government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. He left for France in March 1921 and from 1953 until his death in Paris in 1954 headed the government in exile.
Career timeline
- 1907–1912Member of the Third State Duma
- 1917Russian Provisional Government commissar for western Georgia
- 1917–1918Chairman of the Transcaucasian Commissariat
- 1918–1921Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
- 1953–1954Head of the Georgian government in exile