Bagapsh Government
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The Government of President Sergei Bagapsh was the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia
from 2005 until 2011.
Government of the Republic of Abkhazia
The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia is the de facto political leadership of the partially recognised Republic of Abkhazia.-Executive branch:...
from 2005 until 2011.
| President | Sergei Uasil-ipa Bagapsh Sergei Bagapsh Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh was the second President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and was later elected as President in 2005. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election... 12 February 2005 - 29 May 2011 |
Aleksandr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab Alexander Ankvab Alyksandr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab is an Abkhaz politician and businessman who has been President of Abkhazia since 2011. Under President Sergei Bagapsh, he previously served as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2010 and Vice-President from 2010 to 2011.... 29 May 2011 – 26 September 2011 |
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| Vice-President Vice President of Abkhazia The Vice President of the Abkhaz Republic, an partially recognized state, internationally regarded as a part of Georgia, is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of Abkhazia upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President... |
Raul Jumka-ipa Khajimba 12 February 2005 - 28 May 2009 |
Aleksandr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab Alexander Ankvab Alyksandr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab is an Abkhaz politician and businessman who has been President of Abkhazia since 2011. Under President Sergei Bagapsh, he previously served as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2010 and Vice-President from 2010 to 2011.... 12 February 2010 - 29 May 2011 |
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| Head of the Presidential Administration | Valery Arshba Valery Arshba Valery Arshba was the first Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was first elected to that office on 5 January 1995, under President Vladislav Ardzinba, and the pair was re-elected in the 1999 Presidential election where they ran unopposed... 15 February 2005 - 1 March 2010 |
Grigori Enik 2 March 2010 - present |
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| Secretary of the Security Council | Stanislav Lakoba Stanislav Lakoba Stanislav Lakoba is an academic and politician from Abkhazia. Lakoba was current president Bagapsh's Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2004 Presidential election and until 25 August 2009 he served as Secretary of the Security Council... 17 February 2005 - 25 August 2009 |
Aleksandr Voinskiy 17 September 2009 - 18 August 2010 |
Otar Khetsia 18 August 2010 - present |
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| Prime Minister | Aleksanrdr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab Alexander Ankvab Alyksandr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab is an Abkhaz politician and businessman who has been President of Abkhazia since 2011. Under President Sergei Bagapsh, he previously served as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2010 and Vice-President from 2010 to 2011.... 14 February 2005 - 13 February 2010 |
Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba 13 February 2010 – 27 September 2011 |
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| First Vice Premier | Leonid Iuana-ipa Lakerbaia Leonid Lakerbaia Leonid Ivan-ipa Lakerbaia is the Prime Minister of Abkhazia and chairman of the socio-political movement Aitaira... 19 January 2009 – present |
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| Vice Premier | Leonid Iuana-ipa Lakerbaia Leonid Lakerbaia Leonid Ivan-ipa Lakerbaia is the Prime Minister of Abkhazia and chairman of the socio-political movement Aitaira... 24 February 2005 - 19 January 2009 |
Daur Tarba Daur Tarba Daur Tarba is Chairman of United Abkhazia, the ruling party of Abkhazia, and a former Vice Premier and head of the Ochamchira district.-Career:... 24 February 2010 - 4 March 2011 |
Vakhtang Akhra-ipa Pipia 30 March 2011 – present |
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| Vice Premier | Beslan Sergei-ipa Kubrava 24 February 2005 – present |
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| Vice Premier | Sultan Sosnaliyev Sultan Sosnaliyev Sultan Sosnaliyev was a commander of Abkhaz and allied forces during the War in Abkhazia and a defence minister of Abkhazia in 1993-1996 and 2005-2007.-Early life:Sultan Sosnaliyev was born in Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, to Kabardin parents... 25 February 2005 - 8 May 2007 |
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| Vice Premier | Aleksandr Viktorovich Stranichkin Alexander Stranichkin Alexander Viktorovich Stranichkin is an Abkhazian politician. A former vice-speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia, Stranichkin currently serving as one of the four vice-premiers of the Republic of Abkhazia.... 10 March 2006 – present |
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| Chief of the Cabinet Staff | Zurab Adleiba 9 September 2005 - 9 September 2010 |
Daur Kobe 9 September 2010 - present |
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| Defence Minister of Defence of Abkhazia The office of Minister of Defence has been one of the most important in the Republic of Abkhazia due to the ongoing conflict with Georgia. The position was created 11 October 1992, shortly after the outbreak of the 1992-1993 war with Georgia... |
Sultan Sosnaliyev Sultan Sosnaliyev Sultan Sosnaliyev was a commander of Abkhaz and allied forces during the War in Abkhazia and a defence minister of Abkhazia in 1993-1996 and 2005-2007.-Early life:Sultan Sosnaliyev was born in Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, to Kabardin parents... 25 February 2005 - 8 May 2007 |
Mirab Boris-ipa Kishmaria Mirab Kishmaria Mirab Boris-ipa Kishmaria is the current Minister of Defence of the Republic of Abkhazia, which enjoys only limited recognition internationally.-Early life and career:... 10 May 2007 – present |
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| Internal Affairs | Otar Khetsia 25 February 2005 - 12 August 2010 |
Ramin Gablaia 12 August - 22 September 2010 |
Leonid Yuri-ipa Dzapshba 22 September 2010 – present |
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| Foreign Affairs | Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba 21 March 2005 - 26 February 2010 |
Maksim Khariton-ipa Gvinjia Maxim Gvinjia Maxim Gvinjia is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia. Before he was appointed on 26 February 2010 to replace Sergei Shamba, Gvinjia had served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs since 1 March 2004.-Early life and career:... 26 February 2010 – present |
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| Justice | Lyudmila Khodzhashvili 7 April 2005 – present |
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| Finance | Beslan Sergei-ipa Kubrava 24 February 2005 – present |
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| Economy | Kristina Konstantin-ipha Ozgan 25 February 2005 – present |
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| Taxes and Fees | Vakhtang Akhra-ipa Pipia 25 February 2005 - 30 March 2011 |
Rauf Tsimtsba 4 April 2011 – present |
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| Agriculture | Vitaly Smyr 25 February 2005 - |
Yuri Grigori-ipa Aqaba 6 August 2007 – present |
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| Education | Indira Vladimir-ipha Awardan 10 March 2005 – present |
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| Culture | Nugzar Chichikva-ipa Logua 10 March 2005 – present |
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| Health | Zurab Gyarg-ipa Marshan 25 February 2005 – present |
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| Labour and Social Security | Olga Koltukova 2 March 2005 – present |
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| Head of the State Security Service | Iuri Ashuba 28 February 2005 - 23 February 2010 |
Aslan Bzhania 23 February 2010 - present |
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| Customs | Grigori Enik 24 February 2005 - 2 March 2010 |
Said Tarkil 2 March 2010 - present |
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| Property Management and Privatisation | Daur Tarba Daur Tarba Daur Tarba is Chairman of United Abkhazia, the ruling party of Abkhazia, and a former Vice Premier and head of the Ochamchira district.-Career:... 24 February 2005 - 3 April 2007 |
Konstantin Katsia 3 April 2007 - present |
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| Forestry | Adolf Shamba 24 February 2005 - |
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| Resorts and Tourism | Tengiz Lakerbaia 24 February 2005 - present |
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| Standards, Metrology and Certification | Nerses Nersesyan 24 February 2005 - |
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| Youth Affairs and Sports | Rafael Ampar 24 March 2005 - present |
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| Repatriation | Anzor Mukba 24 February 2005 - 9 September 2010 |
Zurab Adleiba 9 September 2010 - present |
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| Ecology and Nature | Roman Dbar 7 April 2010 - present |
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Changes
Most of the cabinet members were first appointed after President Bagapsh came to power in 2005. Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba was one of the few Ministers to be re-appointed. Since then, the cabinet has undergone few changes.- On 10 March 2006, Vice-Speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia Alexander StranichkinAlexander StranichkinAlexander Viktorovich Stranichkin is an Abkhazian politician. A former vice-speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia, Stranichkin currently serving as one of the four vice-premiers of the Republic of Abkhazia....
was appointed as Vice-Premier.
- On 3 April 2007, Chairman of the State Committee for Management of State Property and Privatization Daur TarbaDaur TarbaDaur Tarba is Chairman of United Abkhazia, the ruling party of Abkhazia, and a former Vice Premier and head of the Ochamchira district.-Career:...
transferred to become head of the Ochamchira District. He was replaced by Konstantin Katsia.
- On 8 May 2007, Minister of Defence and Vice Premier Sultan SosnaliyevSultan SosnaliyevSultan Sosnaliyev was a commander of Abkhaz and allied forces during the War in Abkhazia and a defence minister of Abkhazia in 1993-1996 and 2005-2007.-Early life:Sultan Sosnaliyev was born in Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, to Kabardin parents...
resigned. He was succeeded as Defence Minister (but not as Vice Premier) by First Deputy Defence Minister Mirab KishmariaMirab KishmariaMirab Boris-ipa Kishmaria is the current Minister of Defence of the Republic of Abkhazia, which enjoys only limited recognition internationally.-Early life and career:...
, in an acting fashion from 10 May and permanently from 26 July onwards.
- On 6 August 2007, Yuri Aqaba was appointed Minister of Agriculture after his predecessor Vitaly Smyr had been elected to parliament in the March 2007 electionAbkhazian parliamentary election, 2007Parliamentary elections were held in the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia on 4 March 2007; a run-off round was held in seventeen constituencies on 18 March 2007. 189 polling stations were organized to elect 35 parliament members. 47.25% of about 130,000 registered voters participated in the first...
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- On 19 January 2009, Vice-Premier Leonid LakerbaiaLeonid LakerbaiaLeonid Ivan-ipa Lakerbaia is the Prime Minister of Abkhazia and chairman of the socio-political movement Aitaira...
was promoted to the position of First Vice-Premier.
- On 26 January 2009, Deputy Minister for the Interior Zakan JugeliaZakan JugeliaZakan Jugelia was a Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia who was murdered 26 January 2009 in Sukhumi.-Life and career:...
was murdered in SukhumiSukhumiSukhumi is the capital of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. The city suffered heavily during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the early 1990s.-Naming:...
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- On 18 August Security Council Secretary Stanislav LakobaStanislav LakobaStanislav Lakoba is an academic and politician from Abkhazia. Lakoba was current president Bagapsh's Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2004 Presidential election and until 25 August 2009 he served as Secretary of the Security Council...
handed his resignation over the Abkhazian citizenship crisis, his resignation was ratified on 25 August by President Bagapsh. On 17 September Lakoba's deputy in the Security Council Aleksandr Voinskiy was appointed to temporarily succeed him.
- After the December 2009 re-election of President BagapshAbkhazian presidential election, 2009On 12 December 2009, Abkhazia held its fourth Presidential election since the post of President of the Republic of Abkhazia was created in 1994. The election was won by incumbent president Sergei Bagapsh in the first round with 61% of the votes, thus gaining a second term in office. He was be...
, he replaced State Security Service Head Iuri Ashuba with Aslan Bzhania on 23 February 2010. On 1 March, he released Valery ArshbaValery ArshbaValery Arshba was the first Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was first elected to that office on 5 January 1995, under President Vladislav Ardzinba, and the pair was re-elected in the 1999 Presidential election where they ran unopposed...
as Head of the Presidential Administration, and on the next day appointed State Customs Committee Head Grigori Enik as his replacement, who in turn was succeeded by his Deputy Said Tarkil. On 12 March President Bagapsh approved the revised Cabinet structure. The State Environmental Service was transformed into the State Committee for Ecology, and on 7 April its Chairman Roman Dbar was correspondingly re-appointed. The team of Ministers was changed in three respects. Prime Minister Alexander AnkvabAlexander AnkvabAlyksandr Zolotinska-ipa Ankvab is an Abkhaz politician and businessman who has been President of Abkhazia since 2011. Under President Sergei Bagapsh, he previously served as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2010 and Vice-President from 2010 to 2011....
had been elected Vice President together with Bagapsh, and one day after they were sworn in on 12 February 2010 he was succeeded by Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba, who was succeeded by his deputy Maxim GvinjiaMaxim GvinjiaMaxim Gvinjia is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia. Before he was appointed on 26 February 2010 to replace Sergei Shamba, Gvinjia had served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs since 1 March 2004.-Early life and career:...
on 26 February. Furthermore, Daur TarbaDaur TarbaDaur Tarba is Chairman of United Abkhazia, the ruling party of Abkhazia, and a former Vice Premier and head of the Ochamchira district.-Career:...
was re-appointed to the cabinet as Vice Premier on 24 February.
- On 14 April 2010, five Deputy Ministers of Defence were retired, including Chief of the Armed Forces Anatoli Zaitsev. Aslan Ankvab was appointed acting First Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of Staff. On 21 May 2010, Beslan Tsvishba was also appointed First Deputy Minister of Defence. On 29 March 2011, Vladimir Vasilchenko succeeded Aslan Ankvab to become the new, permanent, Chief of Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defence.
- Otar Khetsia was dimissed as Minister of the Interior on 12 August 2010 and appointed Secretary of the State Security Council on 18 August. He was temporarily succeeded by his First Deputy Minister Ramin Gablaia until First Deputy Minister of Taxes and Fees Leonid Dzapshba was appointed the new Minister of the Interior on 22 September.
- On 9 September 2010, President Bagapsh dismissed Anzor Mukba as Chairman of the State Repatriation Committee and replaced him by Chief of the Cabinet Staff Zurab Adleiba, who was in turn replaced by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Daur Kobe.
- On 25 February 2011, Daur Tarba announced that he was resigning as Vice-Premier, without specifying his reasons. His resignation was approved by President Bagapsh on 4 March. Tarba was succeeded by Minister for Taxes and Fees Vakhtang Pipia on 30 March. Pipia in turn was succeeded on 4 April by Rauf Tsimtsba, who had previously headed the Department for the Taxation of Legal Entities within the ministry.
- On 29 May 2011, President Bagapsh died from the complication of surgery in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Following the constitutionConstitution of AbkhaziaThe Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia was adopted by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia of the 12th convocation on November 26, 1994, and by the national referendum on October 3, 1999, with an amendment adopted by the national referendum on the same day.-Structure:The...
, he was replaced temporarily by Vice President Alexander Ankvab, until elections to be held within three months could determine his successor. - On 20 September 2011, acting President Ankvab dismissed Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Alexander Adleiba.