Tengiz Kitovani (Georgian: თენგიზ კიტოვანი) (June 9, 1938 – November 13, 2023) was a Georgian politician and military commander with high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War early in the 1990s when he commanded the National Guard of Georgia and served as a Defense Minister until being gradually sidelined by Eduard Shevardnadze who had earlier been invited to lead the nation after a successful coup d'etat launched by Kitovani and his allies against President Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
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9 June 1938
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Died |
13 November 2023 (aged 85)
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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