Giorgi Dzotsenidze

Giorgi Samsonovich Dzotsenidze born 10 February 1910 – 5 May 1976) was a Georgian geologist and statesman. As a politician he held the posts of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1959–1976) and the deputy chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1960–1976). As a scientist, he was Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and vice-president of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.