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'''Jumber Patiashvili''' ({{lang-ka|ჯუმბერ პატიაშვილი}}) (born January 5, 1940) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] politician. He was the [[Communist]] leader of the [[Georgian SSR]] from 1985 to 1989.

Born in [[Lagodekhi]], [[Kakheti]] (eastern Georgia), he graduated from Tbilisi Agricultural Institute. From 1966, he worked for [[Komsomol]] and subsequently from Communist Party. Patiashvili, a nondescript party loyalist, succeeded [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] as the First Secretary of the Georgian [[Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)|Communist Party]] in 1985. Under Patiashvili, most of Shevardnadze's initiatives atrophied, and no new policy innovations were undertaken. Patiashvili removed some of Shevardnadze's key appointees, although he could not dismiss his predecessor's many middle-echelon appointees without seriously damaging the party apparatus. By isolating opposition groups, Patiashvili forced reformist leaders into underground organizations and confrontational behavior. By the end of 1988, [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] national movement became more active, several manifestations and hunger strikes were organized by the so-called informal political organizations. The protesters were brutally dispersed by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops on April 9, 1989. Following the [[April 9, 1989 Massacre|April 9 Massacre]], the Georgian national liberation movement radicalized and left little chance to a local communist leadership to control the situation in the Republic. Patiashvili was removed from his office and replaced by the former [[KGB]] chief [[Givi Gumbaridze]] the same month.

He was elected MP in the [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] parliament of 1992-1995. Patiashvili returned to the national politics prior to the 1999 parliamentary elections. He organized an oppositional Unity (ertoba in [[Georgian language|Georgian]]) party joining the oppositional bloc united behind the [[Democratic Union for Revival|Democratic Revival Party]] led by [[Aslan Abashidze]], regional leader of [[Ajaria]], and was elected in the [[Parliament of Georgia]]. Later, he distanced himself from Abashidze, remaining, however, in opposition to [[Eduard Shevardnadze]]’s government. His party took part in the oppositionist demonstrations which led to the [[Rose Revolution]] in November 2003. He was elected MP for [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]] district in 2004.

He ran in the [[2008 Georgian legislative election|May 2008 Parliamentary election]] from the [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]] constituency on the Rightist Alliance–Topadze-Industrialists bloc ticket.<ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/detail.php?id=17552  List of Majoritarian MP Candidates.] Civil Georgia, April 24, 2008.</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.country-studies.com/georgia/patiashvili.html Country-studies.com: Jumber Patiashvili]
* [http://www.parliament.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=2 Parliament.ge: Members of the Parliament of Georgia — Jumber Patiashvili]

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