Evgeni Gegechkori

Evgeni Gegechkori (Evgeny Petrovich Gegechkori in Russian manner) (1881-1954) was a prominent Georgian politician and Menshevik leader.

A Social-Democrat activist, he was a member of the Russian State Duma in 1907-1912. One of the leaders of Georgian Mensheviks, he chaired the so-called Transcaucasian Komisariat (i.e. interim government) in November 1917 and was appointed Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in May 1918. After the Soviet occupation of Georgia , Gegechkori fled to France in March 1921.

See also

• List of Georgians