The Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR (, sakartvelos ssr-is umaghlesi sabch’o; ) was the highest organ of state authority of the Georgian SSR from 1938 to 1990.
History The Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR was preceded by the All-Georgian Congress of Soviets which operated from 1922 to 1937. The Supreme Soviet was a unicameral institution and it consisted of 250 deputies (440 deputies before 1990). Deputies served five-year terms, but this was changed to four-year terms in 1978. The first multiparty elections were held on October 28, 1990, during the 1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election. This was the first time that the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR began to exercise state power. For most of its history, the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR was dominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of Georgia.
Convocations
1st Convocation (1938–1946) 2nd Convocation (1947–1950) 3rd Convocation (1951–1954) 4th Convocation (1955–1959) 5th Convocation (1959–1962) 6th Convocation (1963–1966) 7th Convocation (1967–1970) 8th Convocation (1971–1974) 9th Convocation (1975–1979) 10th Convocation (1980–1984) 11th Convocation (1985–1989) 12th Convocation (1990–1992), as the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia
Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet PictureNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyChairperson of the Supreme Soviet1Joseph Kochlamazashvili
(1906–1969)8 July 193824 March 1947CPSU2Vasily Gogua
(1908–1967)26 March 194726 March 1948CPSU3Archil Gigoshvili
(1907–1969)26 March 194818 April 1951CPSU4Mikhail Lelashvili
(1910-?)18 April 19516 April 1952CPSU5Givi Javakhishvili
(1912–1985)6 April 195215 April 1953CPSU6Archil Georgadze
(1896-?)15 April 19531954CPSU7Victor Kupradze
(1903–1985)195426 April 1963CPSU8Rafael Dvali
(1909–1985)26 April 196312 July 1971CPSU9Irakli Abashidze
(1909–1992)12 July 197114 November 1990CPSU
Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
See also
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Supreme Soviet Georgian SSR
References