First_Secretary_of_the_Georgian_Communist_Party
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
De facto leader of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (Russian: Первый секретарь ЦК Компартии Грузии; Georgian: საქართველოს სსრ კომუნისტური პარტიის პირველი მდივანი) was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia and were considered the leader of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Many of its leaders were prominent outside of the country and were noted Soviet leaders, including Lavrentiy Beria and Eduard Shevardnadze.