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See also [[Noe Zhordania by Levan Urushadze]]

'''Noe Zhordania''' ([[January 2]], [[1868]] - [[January 11]], [[1953]]) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n journalist and politician. He was the first leader of the Republic of Georgian in [[1918]] - [[1921]].

Zhordania was born the son of a small landowner in [[Lanchkhuti]], Western Georgia. He was the founder of the ''Mesame-Dasi-Group'' (English, ''the third group''), one of the first socialist groups in [[Tbilisi]]. Zhordania became a member of the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] and chairman of the Georgian Social Democratic Labour Party. In [[1906]] he joined the [[Menshevik]] faction of the State Council (''Gosudarstvennaia Duma'') of Russia. 

In February 1917 Zhordania was elected chairman of the Workers and Soldiers Council of Tbilisi, in December [[1917]] he became chairman of the Georgian parliament, the National Assembly (Georgian ''Dampudsnebeli Kreba''). On [[May 26]], [[1918]] he was elected leader (Head of the Government) of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] (DRG), the first Republic of Georgia. His government organised a land reform, a comprehensive social legislation and fought against bolshevist and separatist movements in the country. From [[1918]] to [[1921]] Georgia was recognised by various countries including [[Germany]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Russia]].

On [[February 25]], [[1921]] he was deposed by [[Russian SFSR|Russian]] [[Red Army]] forces, which re-occupied Georgia and incorporated it into the [[Soviet Union]] as part of the [[Transcaucasian SFSR]]. On [[March 17]], [[1921]] Zhordania was exiled to [[Paris]]. He died in [[1953]].

Zhordania was buried on Leville cemetery in France. Georgian President [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] visited his grave on [[March 10]], [[2004]] and offered the family a state funeral in Tbilisi.

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* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "Noe_Zhordania" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noe_Zhordania, used under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]