Beslan Konstantinovich Bartsits (; born 23 July 1977) is a former

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, having been appointed by President

Raul Khajimba Raul Jumkovich Khajimba (, ka, რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1959) is an Abkhazians, Abkhazian politician who served as President of Abkhazia from 25 September 2014 until 12 January 2020. He was also ...

on 5 August 2016 with his term ending 25 April 2018. He previously served as Head of the Presidential Administration, Head of

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and Member of Parliament.

Early life and education

Bartsits was born in

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. In 2000, he graduated in jurisprudence from the

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, and between 2001 and 2004 he was a postgraduate student at

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. Between 2007 and 2009, he was assistant to

in his capacity as

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Member of Parliament

In the February 2011 local elections, Bartsits was elected deputy of the Gagra District Assembly in constituency no. 5 and became its deputy chairman. In the March 2012 elections, he successfully ran for a seat of the 5th convocation of the

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in constituency no. 11 (Gagra). In a field of nine candidates, he obtained a narrow first-round plurality with 20.86% of the votes. In the second round, he defeated runner-up Vitali Azhiba. In Parliament, Bartsits served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Legal Policy, State Building and Human Rights.

Head of the Presidential Administration

On 22 October 2014, following the May 2014 revolution, he was appointed acting head of Gagra District by newly elected president

. The following year, he was confirmed in his post. On 16 May 2016, Bartsits was appointed head of the Administration of the

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, to succeed Astamur Tania, who had resigned.

Prime minister

On 5 August 2016, Bartsits was appointed prime minister, succeeding Artur Mikvabia who resigned ten days earlier.

References

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