# Valerian Bakradze (first term) - Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars / Ministers

URL: https://allhistories.com/georgia/rulers/valerian-bakradze-first-term
Reign: 9 July 1937 – 18 December 1946
Number in the list: 14
Dynasty: Georgian SSR (Soviet Georgia)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_Bakradze

Chair of the SNK (renamed Council of Ministers in 1946). World Statesmen: first term to 18 Dec 1946; Wikipedia: first term to 26 Mar 1947 (conflict).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [German Mgaloblishvili](https://allhistories.com/georgia/rulers/german-mgaloblishvili)
- Next in list: [Zakhary Chkhubianishvili](https://allhistories.com/georgia/rulers/zakhary-chkhubianishvili)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1937 - [Execution of Budu Mdivani](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1937-execution-of-budu-mdivani)
- 1937 - [Arrest of the Poet Titsian Tabidze](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1937-arrest-of-the-poet-titsian-tabidze)
- 1942 - [Battle of the Caucasus Reaches Georgia's Passes](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1942-battle-of-the-caucasus-reaches-georgia-s-passes)
- 1943 - [Kerch–Eltigen Operation and General Leselidze](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1943-kerch-eltigen-operation-and-general-leselidze)
- 1944 - [Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1944-deportation-of-the-meskhetian-turks)
- 1945 - [Georgian State Dance Company Founded](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1945-georgian-state-dance-company-founded)
- 1945 - [Georgian Uprising on Texel](https://allhistories.com/georgia/timeline/1945-georgian-uprising-on-texel)