Nikoloz Chkheidze | |
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ნიკოლოზ ჩხეიძე Николай Чхеидзе | |
![]() Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1919 | |
Leader of Social-Democrat Opposition (Duma) | |
In office 1907–1917 | |
Executive President of Petrograd Soviet | |
In office 12 March 1917 – 19 September 1917 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Leon Trotsky |
President of the Transcaucasian Sejm | |
In office 23 February 1918 – 26 May 1918 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Parliamentary President of Georgia (National Council, Constitutional Assembly, Parliament) | |
In office 26 May 1918 – 16 March 1921 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Personal details | |
Born | Puti, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire | 21 March 1864
Died | 13 June 1926 Leuville-sur-Orge, Seine-et-Oise, France | (aged 62)
Nationality | Georgian |
Political party | Social Democratic Labour Party of Georgia |
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Nikoloz Chkheidze (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (კარლო) ჩხეიძე; Russian: Никола́й (Карло) Семёнович Чхеи́дзе, romanized: Nikolay (Karlo) Semyonovich Chkheidze) commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze (21 March [O.S. 9] 1864 – 13 June 1926), was a Georgian politician. In the 1890s, he promoted the Social Democratic movement in Georgia. He became a key figure in the Russian Revolution (February 1917 to October 1917) as the Menshevik president of the Executive Committee of the Soviet of Petrograd (until September 1917). Later he served as president of the Transcaucasian Sejm (February 1918 to May 1918), and he held office in the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (April–May 1918). Later he became president of parliamentary assemblies of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, National Council, Constituent Assembly and Parliament (May 1918 to March 1921).[1]