The Vice President of the Abkhaz Republic, an partially recognized state, internationally regarded as a part of Georgia

Georgia (country)

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, is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of Abkhazia upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. Additionally, the Vice President would assume the presidency in case the President becomes incapable of carrying out the presidential duties.

Eligibility

According to the article 54 of the Constitution of Abkhazia, a citizen of Abkhazia, no younger than 35 years old and no older than 65 years old, who is in possession of suffrage, may be elected Vice President. The Vice President shall not be member of the Parliament

Abkhazian People's Assembly

The People's Assembly of the Republic of Abkhazia is the legislature of Abkhazia.-Composition:The People's Assembly has 35 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies. Nugzar Ashuba is the current speaker of parliament. He was first elected on 3 April 2002, succeeding Sokrat...

, or hold any other offices in state or public bodies as well as in businesses.

Election

The Vice President is elected simultaneously with the President. A candidate for Vice President is nominated by a candidate for President.

Duties

The Vice-President executes individual assignments on a commission of the President and acts for the President in his absence or in case when it is impossible for the President to attend to his duties.

List of people to hold the office

#	Name	Entered office	Left office	President
1	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...	5 January 1995	12 February 2005	Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Grigori-ipa Ardzinba was the first President of Abkhazia. A historian by education, Ardzinba led Abkhazia to de facto independence in the 1992-1993 War with Georgia, but its de jure independence from Georgia remained internationally unrecognised during Ardzinba's two terms as President...
2	Raul Jumka-ipa Khajimba Raul Khadjimba Raul Jumka-ipa Khajimba is a politician from Abkhazia, leading the oppositional Forum of the National Unity of Abkhazia. Until 28 May 2009 Khajimba served as Vice President following the power-sharing agreement reached with current president Sergei Bagapsh to end the crisis that followed the...	14 February 2005	28 May 2009	Sergei 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...
	Vacant	28 May 2009	12 February 2010
3	Alexander 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
	Vacant	29 May 2011	26 September 2011	Alexander 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....
4	Mikhail Logua	26 September 2011

See also

• President of Abkhazia
• Prime Minister of Abkhazia
• Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia

External links

• President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official site