Nugzar Ashuba

{{Short description|Abkhazian politician}}

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| name = Nugzar Nuri-ipa Ashuba

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| order = Minister of Culture of Abkhazia

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1992

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| order2 = 1st Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation

| term_start2 = 1992

| term_end2 = 1995

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| successor2 = Fenia Avidzba

| order3 = 2nd Speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia

| term_start3 = 3 April 2002

| term_end3 = 2012

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| predecessor3 = Sokrat Jinjolia

| successor3 = Valeri Bganba

| order4 = Secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia

| term_start4 = 29 October 2013

| term_end4 = 4 June 2014

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| president4 = Alexander Ankvab

| predecessor4 = Stanislav Lakoba

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|3|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Ghvada, Ochamchira District, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR

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| alma_mater = Georgian Polytechnic Institute

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Nugzar Nuri-ipa Ashuba (Abkhaz: Нугзар Нури-иҧа Ашәба, {{lang-ka|ნუგზარ აშუბა}}) is a senior politician from Abkhazia. He was Minister of Culture from 1986 until 1992 and the first Chairman of the State Repatriation Committee from 1992 until 1995.{{cite web|title=Ашуба Нугзар Нуриевич|url=http://www.mkra.org/ministerstvo/exministr/705/|publisher=Министерство культуры Республики Абхазия|accessdate=9 November 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109210645/http://www.mkra.org/ministerstvo/exministr/705/|archivedate=9 November 2013}} He was elected to the People's Assembly of Abkhazia in the 2002 elections, and he was elected Speaker on 3 April 2002 with 23 votes in favour, 10 against and 1 abstention.{{cite news|title=Абхазский парламент избрал нового спикера|url=http://lenta.ru/vybory/2002/04/03/abkhazia/|accessdate=5 October 2014|publisher=Lenta.ru|date=3 April 2002}}{{cite web

|url = http://www.informacia.ru/facts/ardzinba-facts.htm

|title = Регистрация средства массовой информации Эл №77 - 8262

|publisher = Секретные материалы России

|accessdate = 18 January 2009

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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080526051650/http://informacia.ru/facts/ardzinba-facts.htm

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}} Ashuba was re-elected in 2007 both as Deputy and as Speaker, but suffered a first-round loss in the 2012 elections. When President Sergei Bagapsh died in 2011, and Vice President Alexander Ankvab participated in the subsequent Presidential election, Ashuba acted as President. On 29 October 2013, he was appointed Security Council Secretary by President Alexander Ankvab to succeed Stanislav Lakoba, who had been dismissed the previous day.{{cite news | url=http://apsnypress.info/news/10421.html | title=Секретарем Совета безопасности РА назначен Нугзар Ашуба | date=29 October 2013 | agency=Apsnypress | accessdate=November 9, 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031005445/http://apsnypress.info/news/10421.html | archivedate=31 October 2013 }}

On 4 June 2014, following the forced resignation of Ankvab as President in the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis, Ashuba resigned as Security Council Secretary along with Presidential Administration Head Beslan Kubrava, accusing the opposition of carrying out a witch hunt and imposing its decisions on the interim authorities.{{cite news|title=Руководитель администрации Президента Беслан Кубрава и секретарь Совбеза РА Нугзар Ашуба написали заявления о своей отставке|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/12170.html|accessdate=8 June 2014|agency=Apsnypress|date=4 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145758/http://apsnypress.info/news/12170.html|archivedate=14 July 2014}}