Nikolay Chkheidze

Nikoloz Chkheidze
ნიკოლოზ ჩხეიძე Николай Чхеидзе
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1919
Parliamentary President of Georgia (National Council, Parliament, and Constituent Assembly)
In office 26 May 1918 – 16 March 1921
Prime Minister	Noe Ramishvili Noe Zhordania
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
President of the Transcaucasian Seim
In office 23 February 1918 – 26 May 1918
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Executive President of the Petrograd Soviet
In office 12 March 1917 – 19 September 1917
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Leon Trotsky
Chairman of the All-Russian Central Election Commission
In office 7 July 1917 – 9 November 1917
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished[a]
Member of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma
In office 27 February 1917 – 2 March 1917
Chairman	Mikhail Rodzianko
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of the Russian Constituent Assembly
In office 25 November 1917 – 20 January 1918[b]
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Transcaucasus
Leader of the Social Democratic Labor Party in the Russian State Duma
In office 1 November 1907 – 6 October 1917
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Russian State Duma
In office 1 November 1907 – 6 October 1917
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Tiflis Governorate
Personal details
Born	(1864-03-21)21 March 1864 Puti, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Puti, Zestaponi, Imereti, Georgia)
Died	13 June 1926(1926-06-13) (aged 62) Leuville-sur-Orge, Seine-et-Oise, France
Cause of death	Suicide
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Political party	Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (Mensheviks) Social Democratic Labour Party of Georgia
Education	Kharkiv Veterinary Institute (expelled)
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Nikoloz Chkheidze^[c] (21 March [O.S. 9] 1864 – 13 June 1926), commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze, was a Georgian politician and statesman. In the 1890s, he promoted the Social Democratic movement in Georgia, and later became a leading Social Democrat in the Russian Empire. He was a key figure in the February Revolution as the Menshevik president of the Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet. He later served as president of the Transcaucasian Sejm in from February to May 1918, and as parliamentary president of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921.^[1]

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