Tengiz Menteshashvili (, ; 26 March 1928—25 April 2016) was a Soviet politician who served as secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1982 until it was abolished in 1989.
Biography He was born on 26 March 1928 in Tblisi. He graduated from the Georgian Polytechnic Institute named after S.M. Kirov in 1950 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and became a member of the Communist Party in 1952. Before holding political office positions he worked at the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant. He held many positions in the Communist Party in the Georgian SSR before becoming secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR after the death of Mikheil Giorgadze.
He was an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He died in Moscow on 25 April 2016, but was buried in his homeland.
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