1994 Abkhazian presidential election

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Indirect presidential elections were held in Abkhazia for the first time on 26 November 1994. [1] Vladislav Ardzinba was elected President, and was inaugurated on 6 December. [2]

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References

  1. Donnacha Ó Beacháin (2013) "Elections in De Facto States: Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria" Archived 2013-06-07 at the Wayback Machine Center for Strategic and International Studies: Russia and Eurasia Program.
  2. Abkhazia: Ways forward Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Crisis Group, 18 January 2007, p8