Jumber Patiashvili (Georgian:ჯუმბერ პატიაშვილი; born 5 August 1939) is aGeorgian politician. He was the Communist leader of theGeorgian SSR from 1985 to 1989.

Born inLagodekhi,Kakheti (eastern Georgia), he graduated from Tbilisi Agricultural Institute. From 1966, he worked forKomsomol and subsequently from Communist Party. Patiashvili, a nondescript party loyalist, succeededEduard Shevardnadze as the First Secretary of the GeorgianCommunist Party in 1985. Under Patiashvili, most of Shevardnadze's initiatives atrophied, and no new policy innovations were undertaken. Patiashvili removed some of Shevardnadze's key appointees, although he could not dismiss his predecessor's many middle-echelon appointees without seriously damaging the party apparatus. By isolating opposition groups, Patiashvili forced reformist leaders into underground organizations and confrontational behavior. By the end of 1988,Georgian national movement became more active, several manifestations and hunger strikes were organized by the so-called informal political organizations. The protesters werebrutally dispersed by the Soviet troops on April 9, 1989. Following the tragedy, the Georgian national liberation movement radicalized and left little chance to a local communist leadership to control the situation in the Republic. Patiashvili was removed from his office and replaced by the formerKGB chiefGivi Gumbaridze the same month.

He was elected MP in theGeorgian parliament of 1992-1995. Patiashvili returned to the national politics prior to the 1999 parliamentary elections. He organized an oppositional Unity (ertoba inGeorgian) party joining the oppositional bloc united behind theDemocratic Revival Party led byAslan Abashidze, regional leader ofAdjara, and was elected in theParliament of Georgia. Later, he distanced himself from Abashidze, remaining, however, in opposition toEduard Shevardnadze’s government. His party took part in the oppositionist demonstrations which led to theRose Revolution in November 2003. He was elected MP forGori district in 2004.

He ran in the2008 Georgian parliamentary election from theGori constituency on the Rightist Alliance–Topadze-Industrialists bloc ticket.^[1]

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