Shota Kviraia

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Shota Kviraia (Georgian: შოთა კვირაია) (June 5, 1952 – January 10, 2011) was a Georgian security and police official and lieutenant-general of the state security service. A former KGB officer, he was an influential member of Eduard Shevardnadze's government in the mid-1990s.

Born in Tskhakaia (now

renal failure, and was buried in Tbilisi.[5]

References

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  5. ^ "Экс-глава МВД и КГБ Грузии Шота Квирая скончался в Москве [Ex-head of Georgian MIA and CSS dies in Moscow]" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.