Iakub Lakoba

Лакоба
Якуб Васильевич Лакоба
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Iakub Uasyl-Ipa Lakoba (Abkhaz: IPA|"Иакуб Уасыл-иҧа Лакоба") is an opposition politician and former Presidential candidate in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia.

Early life and career

Iakub Lakoba was born 1949 in New Athos. In 1966, he graduated from Sukhumi school No. 10. In 1971, Lakoba graduated from the Moscow State University's Faculty of Law. From 1972 to 1982 he worked under Bagrat Shinkuba in the staff of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhazian ASSR. From 1974 onwards Lakoba held several positions with the Komsomol.

From 1979 to December 1999 Lakoba was a senior lecturer in Jurisprudence in the Abkhazian State University and a member of the University Academic Council. Lakoba has written a total of 18 scientific papers and participated in and lectured at several international conferences and symposia.

During the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia, Lakoba participated in the delivery of arms and drugs and was Vice Chairman of the Committee of the Red Cross Society of Abkhazia on Foreign Relations and Law.

From April 1998 to March 2004, Lakoba was chairman of the Committee for Legal Affairs, Environment and Urban Assembly Personnel of the Sukhumi Municipal Assembly.

Since 1999, Lakoba has been chairman of the opposition People's Party of Abkhazia.

2004 and 2005 Presidential elections

Iakub Lakoba unsuccessfully participated in the 2004 Presidential elections, in which he and his Vice Presidential candidate, Fatima Kvitsinia, came in fifth and last with only 800 votes. After leading candidates Sergei Bagapsh and Raul Khadjimba decided to resolve the crisis that ensued after the elections by contending on a joint Presidential/Vice Presidential ticket in a rerun, Lakoba was the only other candidate to stand again. This time, he chose fellow party member Stella Gunia as his Vice Presidential candidate and the pair garnered 3,400 votes, equal to 4.7% of the total votes cast.

References

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title = Abkhazia at a Crossroads: On the Domestic Political Situation in the Republic of Abkhazia.
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title=Лакоба Якуб Васильевич
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