Aslan Kobakhia

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Aslan Kobakhia
Minister for Internal Affairs of Abkhazia
Assumed office
16 August 2016
Preceded by Leonid Dzapshba
Chairman of the State Committee for Customs of Abkhazia
In office
1997 –18 December 2002
Preceded by Aleksandr Aiba
Succeeded by Grigori Enik
Personal details
Born (1960-03-23) 23 March 1960 (age 58)
Lykhny

Aslan Kobakhia is one of three current Vice Premiers and the current Minister for Internal Affairs of Abkhazia.

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Early life and education

Aslan Kobakhia was born on 23 March 1960 in Lykhny, Gudauta District. Between 1981 and 1985 he studied at the Economics Faculty of the Abkhazian State University. [1]

Lykhny Human settlement in Georgia

Lykhny is a village in the Gudauta District of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. In medieval Georgian sources the village is also known as Zupu (ზუფუ). The village lies along the narrow Black Sea plain of Abkhazia at an elevation of 50 meters above sea level. Lykhny is located five kilometers from the administrative center of Gudauta. There are several important historical monuments in and around Lykhny. Of particular importance are the 10-11th century Church of the Virgin Mary and the ruins of a two-storey palace which was used as a residence by the princes of Abkhazia. An older monument, the fortress of Abaanta is located at the edge of the village on the left bank of the Khipsta River.

Gudauta District District in Abkhazia, Georgia

Gudauta District is a district of Abkhazia, Georgia’s breakaway republic. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian district. Its capital is Gudauta, the town by the same name. The population of the district was 34,869 at the time of the 2003 census, down from 57,334 in 1989. By the time of the 2011 Census, the population had increased to 36,775.

Abkhazian State University university

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Political career

In 1997, Kobakhia became Chairman of the State Committee for Customs in the Government of President Ardzinba under Prime Minister Sergei Bagapsh. He was re-appointed under Prime Ministers Viacheslav Tsugba and Anri Jergenia. On 18 December 2002, following the appointment of Gennadi Gagulia as Prime Minister, Kobakhia was replaced by Gagra District Head Grigori Enik. [2]

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Viacheslav Mikhail-ipa Tsugba was the third Prime Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia from December 1999 to May 2001. Before his appointment as Prime Minister, Tsugba had headed the Central Election Committee, which had overseen the internationally unrecognised simultaneously held October 1999 presidential election and constitutional referendum.

In the March 2012 election, Kobakhia was elected to the 5th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia in constituency no. 2 (Sukhumi). He won a 25.35% plurality in the first round over six other candidates and defeated Akhra Abukhba in the run-off. [3] [4] Kobakhia had been nominated by the opposition Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia and became one of four of its eleven candidates to be elected to the 35-member Parliament. [5]

The 5th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia has been in place since 3 April 2012.

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On 16 August 2016, Kobakhia entered the Government of President Khajimba when he was appointed as one of three Vice Premiers and Minister for Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Beslan Bartsits. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Вице-премьером, министром внутренних дел РА назначен Аслан Кобахия". Apsnypress. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Новые назначения в правительстве Абхазии" (in Russian). Caucasian Knot. 18 December 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Предварительные итоги выборов депутатов Народного Собрания - Парламента Республики Абхазия. Apsnypress (in Russian). 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Центризбирком объявил предварительные итоги повторного голосования по выборам депутатов парламента Абхазии". Apsnypress . 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Форум народного единства Абхазии» выдвинул 11 кандидатов в депутаты парламента". Apsnypress . 31 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Aleksandr Aiba 		Chairman of the State Committee for Customs
1997–2002 		Succeeded by
Grigori Enik
Preceded by
Leonid Dzapshba 		Minister for Internal Affairs
2016–present 		Incumbent


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