Zviad Gamsakhurdia (,
tr. Zviad K'onst'ant'ines dze Gamsakhurdia; ,
tr. Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; March 31, 1939 — December 31, 1993) was a
Georgian politician,
dissident, scientist, and writer who became the
first democratically elected
President of
Georgia in the
post-Soviet era. Gamsakhurdia is the only Georgian President to have died whilst formally in office.