First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgian SSR | |
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საქართველოს სსრ კომუნისტური პარტიის ცკ პირველი მდივანი | |
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia | |
Style | Comrade Secretary (informal) |
Type | Party leader |
Status | Country leader |
Seat | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR |
Formation | March 1921 |
First holder | Mamia Orakhelashvili |
Final holder | Jemal Mikeladze |
Abolished | 1991 |
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.