Shevardnadze

American  

[shev-erd-nahd-zuh, shi-vuhrd-nah-dzuh] / ˌʃɛv ərdˈnɑd zə, ʃɪ vʌrdˈnɑ dzə /

noun

1. Eduard A. 1928–2014, Soviet foreign minister 1985–91; president of his native Georgian Republic 1995–2003.

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Shevardnadze British  

/ ˌʃɛvədˈnɑːdzə /

noun

1. Eduard ( Amvrosiyevich ). born 1928, Georgian statesman; president of Georgia (1992–2003); Soviet minister of foreign affairs (1985–91), who played an important part in arms negotiations with the US

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Example Sentences

Shultz and Shevardnadze ultimately worked out a deal freeing Daniloff in return for the release of Gennadi Zakharov, a Soviet diplomat the FBI had arrested in New York several days before Daniloff was seized.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023

“We cannot live this way any longer,” he told Eduard A. Shevardnadze, who would become his trusted foreign minister, in 1984.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

The 53-year-old Saakashvili led the Rose Revolution in 2003 that ousted veteran leader Eduard Shevardnadze.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2021

Of the failure of Reykjavik, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze would then comment: “When future generations read the transcripts of this meeting, they will not forgive us.”

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2018

Sophie Shevardnadze, who presents Sophie & Co, is the granddaughter of former Georgian president and Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2017