Timur Eshba is a former Minister for Agriculture of Abkhazia. He was appointed by President Raul Khajimba on 8 April 2015 into the cabinet of new prime minister Artur Mikvabia, succeeding Rafik Otyrba. [1] On 24 August 2016, Mikvabia was replaced as prime minister by Beslan Bartsits, and veteran politician Daur Tarba was given Eshba's former portfolio. [2]