Government of the Republic of Abkhazia
{{Short description|Government of the partially recognised state}}
{{about|the government of the partially recognised state|the Georgian government in exile|Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia}}
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The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia governs the partially recognised Republic of Abkhazia.
Executive branch
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The Republic of Abkhazia is headed by the President, a post held since early 2020 by Aslan Bzhania, who is supported by the Vice President (Badr Gunba, inaugurated together with Bzhania). They are served by a cabinet of ministers, headed by a Prime Minister, a post currently held by Alexander Ankvab.
=Current cabinet=
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! Office !! Incumbent !! Since | ||
| Prime Minister | Alexander Ankvab | style="text-align:right"|23 April 2020 |
| First Vice Premier | Belsan Jopua | style="text-align:right"| 15 October 2014 |
| Vice Premier | Belsan Jopua | style="text-align:right"| 8 April 2015 |
| Chief of the Cabinet Staff | Diana Pilia | style="text-align:right"| 26 May 2015 |
| Minister for Internal Affairs | Beslan Khagba | style="text-align:right"| 14 May 2015 |
| Minister for Health | Andzor Goov | style="text-align:right"| 28 October 2014 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Daur Kove | style="text-align:right"| 4 October 2016 |
| Minister for Culture and the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage | Elvira Arsalia | style="text-align:right"| 15 October 2014 |
| Minister for Defence | Mirab Kishmaria | style="text-align:right"| 10 May 2007 |
| Minister for Education and Science | Adgur Kakoba | style="text-align:right"| 15 October 2014 |
| Minister for Agriculture | Timur Eshba | style="text-align:right"| 8 April 2015 |
| Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security | Suren Kerselyan | style="text-align:right"| 15 October 2014 |
| Minister for Finance | Amra Kvarandzia | style="text-align:right"| 17 October 2014 |
| Minister for Economy | Adgur Ardzinba | style="text-align:right"| 8 April 2015 |
| Minister for Justice | Marina Pilia | style="text-align:right"| 17 October 2014 |
| Minister for Emergency Situations | Lev Kvitsinia | style="text-align:right"| 21 July 2014 |
| Minister for Resorts and Tourism | Avtandil Gartskia | style="text-align:right"| 13 March 2015 |
| Minister for Taxes and Duties | Rauf Tsimtsba | style="text-align:right"| 8 April 2015 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation | Vadim Kharazia | style="text-align:right"| 11 April 2015 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Ecology and the Environment | Saveli Chitanava | style="text-align:right"| 21 October 2014 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Standards, Consumer and Technical Supervision | Erik Rshtuni | style="text-align:right"| 23 October 2014 |
| Chairman of the State Customs Committee | Daur Kobakhia | style="text-align:right"| 21 October 2014 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Management of State Property and Privatization | Konstantin Katsia | style="text-align:right"| 3 April 2007 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Youth Policy | Alias Avidzba | style="text-align:right"| 11 April 2015 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports | Bagrat Khutaba | style="text-align:right"| 11 April 2015 |
Legislative branch
The People's Assembly is the parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia.
Judicial branch
=Military Court=
The Military Procuracy and Military Court were founded in March 1993. On 11 July 1993, the Military Court was turned into the Military Tribunal, but it was changed back on 1 July 1998.{{cite news|title=Органам военной юстиции Республики Абхазия исполнилось 20 лет|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/8601.html|access-date=5 April 2013|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=29 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401005456/http://apsnypress.info/news/8601.html|archive-date=1 April 2013|url-status=dead}}
=Prosecutor General=
The Prosecutor's Office was founded on 15 April 1994. The first Prosecutor General was Anri Jergenia. After Jergenia became Prime Minister in 2001, he was succeeded by Rauf Korua.{{cite news|title=Генпрокуратура Абхазии отметила своё 19-летие|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/genprokuratura-abkhazii-otmetila-svoye-19-letie/|access-date=5 May 2013|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=16 April 2013}}
Following the October 2004 presidential election, lost by the pro-government candidate, outgoing Prime Minister Raul Khajimba, outgoing President Vladislav Ardzinba dismissed Korua on 17 October, for unspecified public statements and for failing to act against supposed violations during the elections. It was reported that Korua's dismissal was motivated by his support for opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh, and for starting an investigation against Khajimba. The People's Assembly, controlled by supporters of Bagapsh, subsequently restored Korua to office. On 17 December, Ardzinba again suspended Korua and appointed his deputy Omiani Logua as acting Prosecutor General, this time following complaints by Abkhazian Railways head Rita Lolua.{{cite news|last1=Sergeev|first1=Konstantin|title=Президент Абхазии уволил генпрокурора|url=http://www.utro.ru/articles/2004/12/17/387672.shtml|access-date=5 May 2016|publisher=Good Morning Russia|date=17 December 2004}} People's Assembly Speaker Nugzar Ashuba again rejected Ardzinba's decision and called upon Korua to continue his work.{{cite news|title=ОБЗОР АПСНЫПРЕСС ЗА 27.12.2004|url=http://www.abkhaziya.org/news_detail.html?nid=6542|access-date=5 May 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=27 December 2004}}
In February 2007, Saferbei Mikanba was appointed as Prosecutor General.
Following the May 2014 Revolution, on 5 June the People's Assembly voted to dismiss Mikanba as Prosecutor General.{{cite news|title=Генеральный прокурор Сафарбей Миканба отстранен от должности|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/12176.html|access-date=8 June 2014|agency=Apsnypress|date=5 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713054402/http://apsnypress.info/news/12176.html|archive-date=13 July 2014}} The following day, acting President Valeri Bganba appointed Deputy Prosecutor General Zurab Agumava as Acting Prosecutor General.{{cite news|title=Зураб Агумава назначен исполняющим обязанности Генерального прокурора РА.|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/12191.html|access-date=8 June 2014|agency=Apsnypress|date=6 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714173444/http://apsnypress.info/news/12191.html|archive-date=14 July 2014}} On 9 September, Bganba extended Agumava's temporary appointment until 7 October 2014.{{cite news|title=Исполнение Зурабом Агумава обязанностей генерального прокурора РА продлено до 7 октября|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/13003.html|access-date=8 October 2014|agency=Apsnypress|date=9 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013175825/http://apsnypress.info/news/13003.html|archive-date=13 October 2014|url-status=dead}} That day, the People's Assembly elected Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs Aleksei Lomia to become the new Prosecutor General with 26 votes in favour, 3 against and 1 abstention.{{cite news|title=Алексей Ломия назначен Генеральным прокурором Республики Абхазия|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/13201.html|access-date=8 October 2014|agency=Apsnypress|date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013180419/http://apsnypress.info/news/13201.html|archive-date=13 October 2014|url-status=dead}}
Lomia resigned on 26 July 2016, coinciding with the resignation of Prime Minister Artur Mikvabia, and his resignation was accepted on the following day by the People's Assembly.{{cite news|title=Парламент утвердил на должность генпрокурора Абхазии Нурия Тания|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/parlament-utverdil-na-dolzhnost-genprokurora-abkhazii-nuriya-taniya/|last=Poluyan|first=Elena|access-date=25 October 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=28 September 2016}} Lomia's successor, Nuri Tania, was only appointed on 28 September, after Summer recess.{{cite news|title=Утверждена отставка Генпрокурора Абхазии Алексея Ломия|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/utverzhdena-otstavka-genprokurora-abkhazii-alekseya-lomiya/|last=Poluyan|first=Elena|access-date=30 July 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=27 July 2016}} Tania was elected as Constitutional Court judge and released from the office of Prosecutor General less than four months later, on 18 January 2017, following an agreement between the government and the opposition whereby the opposition could nominate a new Prosecutor General.{{cite news|title=НУРИЙ ТАНИЯ ИЗБРАН СУДЬЕЙ КОНСТИТУЦИОННОГО СУДА РЕСПУБЛИКИ АБХАЗИЯ|url=http://abkhazinform.com/item/5189-nurij-taniya-izbran-sudej-konstitutsionnogo-suda-respubliki-abkhaziya|access-date=26 February 2017|agency=Abkhazia Inform|date=18 January 2017}} That same day, it elected with 23 votes in favour and 3 abstentions the opposition's nominee to succeed Tania, Zurab Achba, who had served as prosecutor in Gagra District until 2014.{{cite news|title=ЗУРАБ АЧБА НАЗНАЧЕН ГЕНЕРАЛЬНЫМ ПРОКУРОРОМ|url=http://abkhazinform.com/item/5190-zurab-achba-naznachen-generalnym-prokurorom|access-date=26 February 2017|agency=Abkhazia Inform|date=18 January 2017}}
=Arbitration Court=
On 16 July 2014, Parliament elected Fatima Kvitsinia Chairman of the Arbitration Court of Abkhazia.{{cite news|title=Председателем Арбитражного суда РА избрана Фатима Квициния|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/12517.html|access-date=25 July 2014|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=16 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808030409/http://apsnypress.info/news/12517.html|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
=Supreme Court=
On 1 June 2015, Supreme Court Chairman Roman Mushba announced his resignation, co-inciding with the end of his current mandate.{{cite news|title=Роман Мушба объявил о своей отставке|url=http://www.apsnypress.info/news/roman-mushba-obyavil-o-svoey-otstavke/|access-date=2 June 2015|newspaper=Apsnypress|date=1 June 2015|archive-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603190602/http://www.apsnypress.info/news/roman-mushba-obyavil-o-svoey-otstavke/|url-status=dead}} On 30 July, Parliament elected as new Chairman Zurab Agumava, who had previously served as Supreme Court Judge, Interior Minister, Security Service Head, Military Prosecutor and Acting Prosecutor General. In addition, it elected Oksana Pilia as Supreme Court Judge.{{cite news|title=Зураб Агумаа избран на должность Председателя Верховного Суда Республики Абхазия|url=http://www.apsnypress.info/news/zurab-agumaa-izbran-na-dolzhnost-predsedatelya-verkhovnogo-suda-respubliki-abkhaziya/|access-date=13 September 2015|agency=Apsnypress|date=30 July 2015|archive-date=10 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810182102/http://www.apsnypress.info/news/zurab-agumaa-izbran-na-dolzhnost-predsedatelya-verkhovnogo-suda-respubliki-abkhaziya/|url-status=dead}}
Ombudsman
On 3 March 2007, Gueorgui Otyrba was appointed as the first Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), serving under the President of Abkhazia, by President Sergei Bagapsh.
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|title = Необходимо разработать законодательство в области защиты прав человека – Полпред по правам человека при Президенте
|publisher = Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия
|date = 7 March 2007
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On 11 February 2016, the People's Assembly adopted a law which instituted a new, independent office of Ombudsman. The Ombudsman is elected by the People's Assembly by a simple majority for a term of five years. Candidates may be nominated by a group measuring at least one third of the total number of deputies. The Ombudsman must be a citizen and a permanent resident of Abkhazia, between 35 and 65 years of age and having completed higher education, and may not have a criminal record. No person may fulfill more than two consecutive terms as Ombudsman.{{cite news|title=ДЕПУТАТЫ ПАРЛАМЕНТА ПРИНЯЛИ В ОКОНЧАТЕЛЬНОМ ЧТЕНИИ ЗАКОНОПРОЕКТ "ОБ УПОЛНОМОЧЕННОМ ПО ПРАВАМ ЧЕЛОВЕКА В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ АБХАЗИЯ"|url=http://abkhazinform.com/item/3143-deputaty-parlamenta-prinyali-v-okonchatelnom-chtenii-zakonoproekt-ob-upolnomochennom-po-pravam-cheloveka-v-respublike-abkhaziya|access-date=14 February 2016|agency=Abkhazia Inform|date=11 February 2016}}
Accordingly, on 4 May Otyrba was released as Ombudsman by President Raul Khajimba{{cite news|last=Jopua|first=Irena|title=Повторные выборы по 21 и 23 избирательным округам Сухума пройдут 29 мая|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/povtornye-vybory-po-21-i-23-izbiratelnym-okrugam-sukhuma-proydut-29-maya/|access-date=9 April 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=7 April 2016}} and on 22 November, the lawyer Dmitri Marshan was elected as the new Ombudsman by Parliament, with eighteen votes in favour, one against and one abstention, out of 28 deputies present, after having been nominated by a group of 26 deputies.{{cite news|title=ЮРИСТ ДМИТРИЙ МАРШАН ИЗБРАН НА ДОЛЖНОСТЬ УПОЛНОМОЧЕННОГО ПО ПРАВАМ ЧЕЛОВЕКА В АБХАЗИИ.|url=http://abkhazinform.com/item/4915-yurist-dmitrij-marshan-izbran-na-dolzhnost-upolnomochennogo-po-pravam-cheloveka-v-abkhazii|access-date=22 November 2016|agency=Abkhazia Inform|date=22 November 2016}}
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{URL|http://mfaapsny.org/| Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia {{in lang|ab|en|ru|tr}}}}
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