Tamaz Gogia

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Tamaz Gogia
4th Chairman of the Central Election Commission
Assumed office
23 December 2016
Preceded by Batal Tabagua
Head of Gulripshi District
In office
13 November 2003 –1 February 2005
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by Adgur Kharazia
Succeeded by Aslan Baratelia
1st Chairman of the State Committee for State Property and Privatisation
In office
March 1998 –18 December 2002
Prime Minister Sergei Bagapsh
Viacheslav Tsugba
Anri Jergenia
Succeeded by Astamur Appba
Personal details
Born (1961-07-05) July 5, 1961 (age 56)
Tkvarcheli
Nationality Abkhaz

Tamaz Gogia is the current Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia.

The Central Election Commission of Abkhazia is the body responsible for conducting national elections and overseeing local elections in Abkhazia. It was first formed on 20 July 1991.

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Early life

Gogia was born on 5 July 1961 in Tkvarcheli and graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Technical University. [1]

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Career

From October 1993 until December 1998, Gogia served as Deputy Head of Ochamchira District. [1]

Ochamchira District District in Abkhazia/Georgia

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In March 1998, he was appointed as the first Chairman of the newly created State Committee for State Property Management and Privatisation by President Vladislav Ardzinba. [2] Gogia served in this post under Prime Ministers Sergei Bagapsh, Viacheslav Tsugba and Anri Jergenia, but was not in re-appointed in December 2002 in the cabinet of Gennadi Gagulia.

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On 16 June 2003, President Ardzinba appointed Gogia as Administration Head of Gulripshi District. [3] In the beginning of 2004, district officials stayed away from work in protest of what they perceived as rudeness from Gogia. In response, Gogia applied for resignation which President Ardzinba granted on 9 February, appointing First Deputy Head Aslan Baratelia in his stead. [4] [5]

Gulripshi District District in Abkhazia, Georgia

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Gogia became a member of the Central Election Commission in 2004, but resigned during the Mandarin Revolution following on the October 2004 Presidential election. [1]

In 2016, Gogia was once more appointed to the Central Election Commission. On 23 December, he was elected chairman during the first meeting of the CEC in its new composition (outgoing chairman Batal Tabagua had not been re-appointed to the CEC). [1]

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  2. ↑ "Daily News March 13, 1998". Sarke . 13 March 1998. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Выпуск № 121". Apsnypress . 16 June 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Kuchuberia, Anzhela (10 February 2004). "Президент Абхазии освободил Тамаза Гогия от обязанностей главы администрации Гулрипшского района". Caucasian Knot . Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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