Five years ago,he won 96 percent of the ballots cast, following a popular movement known as the "Rose Revolution" that forced the resignation of the incumbent, Eduard Shevardnadze.
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Also on 1 July, nine present or former close associates of Mikhail Gorbachev -- led by former Soviet Foreign Minister EduardShevardnadze -- agreed to organize a political opposition group.
During the recent ministerial meeting between Secretary of State James Baker and Foreign Minister EduardShevardnadze, the Soviet Union made a significant new move in its campaign to use arms control to kill the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program.
Georgians blame at least two assassination attempts against former President EduardShevardnadze (1992-2003) on a former Georgian security chief, Igor Giorgadze.