Personnel Changes in Georgia. Summer 1972
Readers of the Zarya vostoka (Dawn of the East) might recognize change coming in the laconic account of party and government job shifts throughout the summer of 1972. They would have noticed the gradual rise of Eduard Shevardnadze in the ranks, and noted with a smile that republic chief Mzhavanadze was forced to observe the plenary proceedings without comment. His name would soon enough disappear entirely from the newspaper.
Original Source: Zarya vostoka, May-August, 1972.
Plenary Session of the Tbilisi City Party Committee (Zarya Vostoka, May 30, 1972, p. 2).
A plenary session of the Tbilisi City Party Committee was held on May 29.
O. I. Lolashvili, First Secretary of the Tbilisi City Party Committee, opened the plenary session.
Organizational questions were discussed.
In connection with his transfer to other work, E. A. Shevardnadze was relieved of his duties as Second Secretary and member of the Bureau of the Tbilisi City Party Committee.
V. N. Grigalashvili was elected Second Secretary of the Tbilisi City Party Committee.
The plenary session elected S. T. Rigvava Secretary and member of the Bureau of the Tbilisi City Party Committee.
R. V. Metreveli, head of the Department of Party Organizational Work of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee, took part in the work of the plenary session. -(Georgian Information Agency.)
Communique on the Plenary Session of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee (Zarya Vostoka, June 6, 1972, p, 1)
A plenary session of the Georgian Communist Party Central CommittShakeup in Republicsee was held on June 5 in the meeting hall of the Georgian Republic Supreme Soviet…
The plenary session considered organizational questions.
Because of errors and shortcomings in his work, the plenary session relieved N. Sh. Tskhakaya of his duties as Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee and removed him from membership in the Bureau of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee.
The plenary session elected Z. A. Pataridze Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee and member of the Bureau of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee.
The plenary session confirmed E. A. Shevardnadze as head of the Department of Trade and Planning and Finance Agencies of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee. -(Georgian Information Agency.)
Plenary Session of the Tbilisi City Party Committee (Zarya Vostoka, July 26, 1972, p. 1).
A plenary session of the Tbilisi City Party Committee was held on July 25. The plenary session discussed an organizational question.
In connection with his transfer to other work, Comrade O. I. Lolashvili was relieved of his duties as First Secretary and member of the Bureau of the Tbilisi City Party Committee.
Comrade E. A. Shevardnadze was elected First Secretary and member of the Bureau of the Tbilisi City Party Committee.
Comrade V. P. Mzhavanadze, candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee and First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee, took part in the work of the plenary session. -(Georgian Information Agency.)
Plenary Session of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee (Zarya Vostoka, July 30, 1972, p, 1).
A plenary session of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee was held on July 28.
The plenary session discussed organizational questions.
In connection with Comrade O. I. Lolashvili’s transfer to other work, the plenary session relieved him of his duties as a member of the Bureau of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee.
The plenary session elected Comrade E. A. Shevardnadze, First Secretary of the Tbilisi City Party Committee, as a member of the Bureau of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee.
The plenary session confirmed Comrade G. V. Bedineishvili as head of the Department of Culture of the Georgian Communist Party Central Committee. -(Georgian Informa~ tion Agency.)
Decree of the Presidium of the Georgian Republic Supreme Soviet (Zarya Vostoka, Aug. 18, 1972, p. 1).
The Presidium of the Georgian Republic Supreme Soviet resolves:
to appoint Comrade Konstantin Eremeevich Ketiladze as Georgian Republic Minister of Internal Affairs.
G. DZOTSENIDZE,
Chairman of the Presidium, Georgian Republic Supreme Soviet.
Z. KVACHADZE,
Secretary of the Presidium
Tbilisi, Aug, 17, 1972.
Announcement (Zarya Vostoka, Aug. 23, 1972, p. 1).
The Georgian Republic Council of Ministers has appointed Guram Ivanovich Gvetadze as Georgian Republic Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
Source: Current Digest of the Soviet Press, Vol. XXIV, No. 34 (1972), p. 9.