Beslan Ardzinba

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Beslan Ardzinba is a former Mayor of Pitsunda, Abkhazia. [note 1]

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Early life

Beslan Ardzinba was born on 13 March 1954. In 1961, he entered high school in the village of Duripsh in the Gudauta District. From 1972 until 1974, Ardzinba served in the Soviet army. Between 1975, he entered the Institute for Subtropical Agriculture in Sukhumi, graduating in 1981. [1]

Career

In 1981, Beslan Ardzinba started work as foreman of a farm in Duripsh. He became Deputy Chairman in 1989 and Chairman in 1991. Between 1997 and 2006, Ardzinba was Director of Operations of the Gudauta forestry agency. [1]

Mayor of Pitsunda

In October 2006, Ardzinba was appointed Mayor of Pitsunda. [1] On 8 February 2007, the People's Assembly of Abkhazia granted Pitsunda town-status, [2] whenceforth its mayor would no longer be appointed by the Governor of Gagra District, but instead directly by the President of Abkhazia. In the February 2011 Town Council election, Ardzinba was re-elected [3] and subsequently re-appointed as Mayor by President Bagapsh. [4]

Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 28 October 2014 he replaced Ardzinba as Mayor with Chingis Bigvava. [5]

Assassination attempts

On 20 September 2007, an anti-tank grenade was fired from an RPG-26 launcher at Beslan Ardzinba's Mercedes-Benz E-220 while it was driving down the coastal road near the village of Blabyrkhua, Gudauta District. On 1 June 2009 around 9:00, an improvised explosive devise planted at the entrance of the town hall was remotely detonated as Beslan Ardzinba and two colleagues entered the building, causing varying degrees of injuries. [6]

On 16 May 2012, in the course of the investigation in the Assassination attempts on Alexander Ankvab, the Prosecutor General also indicted Pavel Ardzinba for having organised the two attempts on the life of Ardzinba. [6]

Personal life

Beslan Ardzinba is married with four children. In 1985 he received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia . The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia . Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states , 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Глава Администрации г.Пицунда". The official website of the City Administration of Pitsunda. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Курорт Пицунда стал городом". Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия. 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Подведены итоги выборов в народное собрание г.Пицунда". City Administration of Pitsunda. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Президент Сергей Багапш подписал Указы о назначении глав администрации городов и районов республики". Apsnypress . 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "У К А З "О главе администрации города Пицунда"". Apsnypress. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Генпрокуратура заочно предъявила Павлу Ардзинба обвинение в организации посягательства на жизнь главы Администрации г. Пицунда Беслана Ардзинба в сентябре 2007 года, июне 2009 года". Apsnypress . 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.


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