Shalva Maglakelidze

Shalva Maglakelidze
Born1893
Died1976
Alma materGymnasium in Kutaisi Berlin University
Occupation(s)Jurist, politician and military commander
Known forThe leaders of anti-Soviet movement of Georgian émigrés in Europe and commander in the Wehrmacht's Georgische Legion

Shalva Maglakelidze (also spelled as "Maghlakelidze"; Georgian: შალვა მაღლაკელიძე; 1893–1976) was a Georgian jurist, politician and military commander. A high-ranking official in briefly independent Georgia (1918–1921), he was one of the leaders of anti-Soviet movement of Georgian émigrés in Europe. During World War II Maglakelidze was a commander in the Wehrmacht's Georgische Legion. Abducted from West Germany by the Soviet security agents, he was allowed to reside, under police supervision, in his native Georgia where he practiced law and died in Tbilisi.