Batal Tapagua

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order = Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia
term_start = December 14 2004
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predecessor = Sergei Smyr
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order2 = Minister for Justice of Abkhazia
term_start2 = September 1995
term_end2 = December 14 2004
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president2 = Vladislav Ardzinba
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order3 = Head of the Administration of Ochamchira district
term_start3 = October 1993
term_end3 = September 1995
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birth_place =Kutol, Ochamchira district, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
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Batal Tapagua is the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was appointed to the Central Election Commission December 11 2004 by outgoing president Vladislav Ardzinba and elected Chairman December 14 after his predecessor, Sergei Smyr, had resigned during the crisis that ensued after the October 3 Presidential election. Previously, Tapagua had been Minister for Justice and head of the Ochamchira district administration.

References

*cite web
url=http://kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/news/id/742630.html
title=Председателем ЦИК Абхазии избран экс-министр юстиции Батал Табагуа
publisher=Caucasus Knot
date=2004-12-14
accessdate = 2008-08-22
*cite web
url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/publish/no5_ses/p158_200.pdf
title=p158_200.pdf
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date=
accessdate = 2008-08-22