Government of the Republic of Abkhazia

This article is about the "de facto" government. For the government in exile, see Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.

Abkhazia

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The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia is the de facto political leadership of the partially recognised Republic of Abkhazia.

Executive branch

The Republic of Abkhazia was headed by president (the incumbent is Sergei Bagapsh), who was supported by a vice president (after Raul Khadjimba's resignation, this position is currently vacant). They are served by a cabinet of ministers, which is headed by current prime minister Sergei Shamba. However, following Sergei's death during surgery the current acting president is Alexander Ankvab.

Current cabinet

See also: Bagapsh Government

Most of the current 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. Notably, with the December 2009 re-election of President Bagapsh, Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab was elected Vice President, and on 13 February 2010 he was succeeded by Sergei Shamba.^[1]

Office	Incumbent	Since
Prime Minister	Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba	13 February 2010
First Vice Premier	Leonid Iuana-ipa Lakerbaia	19 January 2009
Vice Premier	Aleksandr Viktorovich Stranichkin	10 March 2006
Vice Premier	Vakhtang Akhra-ipa Pipia	30 March 2011
Minister of Defence	Mirab Boris-ipa Kishmaria	10 May 2007
Minister of Finance, Vice Premier	Beslan Segei-ipa Kubrava	24 February 2005
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Maksim Khariton-ipa Gvinjia	26 February 2010
Minister of Internal Affairs	Leonid Yuri-ipa Dzapshba	22 September 2010
Minister of Justice	Lyudmila Khodzhashvili	7 April 2005
Minister of Economy	Kristina Konstantin-ipha Ozgan	25 February 2005
Minister for Taxes and Fees	Rauf Tsimtsba	4 April 2011
Minister of Agriculture	Yuri Grigori-ipa Aqaba	6 August 2007
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Olga Koltukova	2 March 2005
Minister of Health	Zurab Gyarg-ipa Marshan	25 February 2005
Minister of Education	Indira Vladimir-ipha Awardan	10 March 2005
Minister of Culture	Nugzar Chichikva-ipa Logua	10 March 2005
Chairman of the State Customs Committee	Grigori Enik
Chairman of the Defense and National Security Committee	Garik Samanba
Chairman of the State Committee for Management of State Property and Privatization	Konstantin Katsia	May 2007
Chairman of the State Committee for Resorts and Tourism	Tengiz Lakerbay
Chairman of the State Committee on Youth and Sport	Rafael Ampar
Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation	Anzor Mukba
Chairman of the State Committee for Standards, Metrology and Certification	Nerses Nersesan
Chairman of the State Forestry Committee	Adolf Shamba

Legislative branch

The People's Assembly is the parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia.

See also

• Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
• Politics of Abkhazia

References

• (English)/(Russian)/(Abkhaz)(Turkish)/ President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official site
• (English)/(Russian)/(Turkish) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official Site

1. ^ "Выпуск №69-70" (in Russian). Apsnypress. 13 February 2010. http://www.apsnypress.info/news2010/February/13.htm. Retrieved 13 February 2010.