Diplomatic and political career
- 1993 –1994 Member of the Abkhaz Delegation at the Georgian-Abkhaz Negotiations under the UN Aegis in Geneva.
- 1993 –1998 Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Countries of Western Europe.
- 1998 –2007 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Countries of Western Europe.
- 2005 –Member of the executive board of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO).
- 2007 –2008 Foreign Policy Adviser of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia.
- 2008 –Head of Delegation of the Republic of Abkhazia at the International Geneva Discussions.
On 11 October 2011,Chirikba was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs by newly elected President Alexander Ankvab. [1] On 17 October 2014,Chirikba was one of few government members to be re-appointed in the cabinet of Prime Minister Beslan Butba following the May 2014 Revolution and subsequent election of Raul Khajimba as president. [2] Chirikba was again re-appointed under Prime Minister Artur Mikvabia,but on 20 September 2016,after the appointment of Beslan Bartsits as Prime Minister,he released a statement in which he announced his resignation because he was unable to continue in his post under the current circumstances. [3] On 4 October Chirikba's successor Daur Kove was appointed. [4]
Vice Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the State Program of the Abkhaz Language Development.
He is the founder and chairman of Humanitarian Fund "International Centre for Information and Documentation about Abkhazia".
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