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The Government of President Sergei Bagapsh was the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia from 2005 until 2011.


Composition


Changes

Most of the cabinet members were first appointed after President Bagapsh came to power in 2005. Foreign Minister
Sergei Shamba Sergei Shamba (, ka, სერგეი შამბა) is a politician from Abkhazia. He is currently a member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia and Chairman of United Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister of Abkhazia under President Sergei Bagaps ...
was one of the few Ministers to be re-appointed. Since then, the cabinet has undergone few changes. *On 10 March 2006, Vice-Speaker of the
People's Assembly of Abkhazia The People's Assembly – Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia (, ka, აფხაზეთის ე.წ რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება, tr, ) is the unicameral legislature of the Abkhazia, Republic o ...
Alexander Stranichkin Alexander Viktorovich Stranichkin (born 5 April 1955 in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai) is an Abkhazian politician. A former vice-speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia, Stranichkin currently serving as one of the four vice-premiers of the Republic o ...
was appointed as vice-premier. *On 3 April 2007, chairman of the State Committee for Management of State Property and Privatization
Daur Tarba Daur Tarba (, ka, დაურ თარბა) is the current Minister for Agriculture of Abkhazia. In the past, he has also been Chairman of United Abkhazia at a time when it was the ruling party, Vice Premier and head of the Ochamchira Distri ...
transferred to become head of the Ochamchira District. He was replaced by Konstantin Katsia. *On 8 May 2007, Minister of Defence and Vice Premier
Sultan Sosnaliyev Sultan Aslambekovich Sosnaliyev (; 23 April 1942 – 23 November 2008) was a Soviet Army officer of Circassian ethnicity who served as a commander of Abkhaz and North Caucasian forces during the War in Abkhazia and as the defence minister of Abk ...
resigned. Regnum.ru
Министр обороны Абхазии ушел в отставку
(''Abkhazian minister of defence resigns''), 08.05.2007
He was succeeded as defence minister (but not as vice premier) by First Deputy Defence Minister
Mirab Kishmaria Mirab Boris-ipa Kishmaria (, ka, მერაბ ქიშმარია, ) is a former Abkhaz politician and army general who served as the Minister of Defence of the disputed Republic of Abkhazia from 2015 until 2020. Early life and career Mi ...
, in an acting fashion from 10 May and permanently from 26 July onwards. *On 6 August 2007, Yuri Aqaba was appointed Minister of Agriculture after his predecessor Vitaly Smyr had been elected to parliament in the March 2007 election. *On 19 January 2009, Vice-Premier
Leonid Lakerbaia Leonid Lakerbaia (, ; born 1 January 1947 in Kutaisi), was the Prime Minister of Abkhazia in the Government of President Ankvab from 27 September 2011 until his resignation on 2 June 2014 following the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis. Lakerbaia is ...
was promoted to the position of First Vice-Premier. *On 26 January 2009, Deputy Minister for the Interior Zakan Jugelia was murdered in
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. *On 18 August Security Council Secretary Stanislav Lakoba handed his resignation over the Abkhazian citizenship crisis, his resignation was ratified on 25 August by President Bagapsh. On 17 September Lakoba's deputy in the Security Council Aleksandr Voinskiy was appointed to temporarily succeed him. *After the December 2009 re-election of President Bagapsh, he replaced State Security Service Head Iuri Ashuba with
Aslan Bzhania Aslan Georgievich Bzhania (; ka, ასლან გიორგის-ძე ბჟანია, tr; ; born 6 April 1964) is an Abkhaz politician who served as the fifth president of Abkhazia from 23 April 2020 until his resignation on 19 Nove ...
on 23 February 2010. On 1 March, he released
Valery Arshba Valery Arshba (, , ka, ვალერი არშბა; born 4 October 1949 in Tkvarcheli) was the first Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was first elected to the office on 5 January 1995, under President Vladislav Ardzinba, an ...
as head of the Presidential Administration, and on the next day appointed State Customs Committee Head
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as his replacement, who in turn was succeeded by his Deputy
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. On 12 March President Bagapsh approved the revised Cabinet structure. The State Environmental Service was transformed into the State Committee for Ecology, and on 7 April its chairman Roman Dbar was correspondingly re-appointed. The team of Ministers was changed in three respects. Prime Minister
Alexander Ankvab Aleksandr Zolotinskovich Ankvab ( ; ; ka, ალექსანდრე ზოლოტინსკის ძე ანქვაბი, tr; ; born 26 December 1952) is an Abkhaz politician and businessman who was the president of Abkhazia fro ...
had been elected vice president together with Bagapsh, and one day after they were sworn in on 12 February 2010 he was succeeded by Foreign Minister
Sergei Shamba Sergei Shamba (, ka, სერგეი შამბა) is a politician from Abkhazia. He is currently a member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia and Chairman of United Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister of Abkhazia under President Sergei Bagaps ...
, who was succeeded by his deputy Maxim Gvinjia on 26 February. Furthermore,
Daur Tarba Daur Tarba (, ka, დაურ თარბა) is the current Minister for Agriculture of Abkhazia. In the past, he has also been Chairman of United Abkhazia at a time when it was the ruling party, Vice Premier and head of the Ochamchira Distri ...
was re-appointed to the cabinet as vice premier on 24 February. *On 14 April 2010, five Deputy Ministers of Defence were retired, including Chief of the Armed Forces Anatoli Zaitsev.
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was appointed acting First Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of Staff. On 21 May 2010, Beslan Tsvishba was also appointed First Deputy Minister of Defence. On 29 March 2011, Vladimir Vasilchenko succeeded Aslan Ankvab to become the new, permanent, Chief of Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defence. * Otar Khetsia was dismissed as minister of the interior on 12 August 2010 and appointed secretary of the State Security Council on 18 August. He was temporarily succeeded by his first deputy minister Ramin Gablaia until First Deputy Minister of Taxes and Fees
Leonid Dzapshba Leonid Yurivich Dzapshba (; born January 1, 1961) is a two-time Minister for Internal Affairs of Abkhazia, a former Presidential candidate and the former head of the Football Federation of Abkhazia. Early life Dzapshba was born on 1 January 1961 ...
was appointed the new minister of the interior on 22 September. *On 9 September 2010, President Bagapsh dismissed Anzor Mukba as chairman of the State Repatriation Committee and replaced him by Chief of the Cabinet Staff Zurab Adleiba, who was in turn replaced by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Daur Kove. *On 25 February 2011, Daur Tarba announced that he was resigning as vice-premier, without specifying his reasons. His resignation was approved by President Bagapsh on 4 March. Tarba was succeeded by Minister for Taxes and Fees Vakhtang Pipia on 30 March. Pipia in turn was succeeded on 4 April by Rauf Tsimtsba, who had previously headed the Department for the Taxation of Legal Entities within the ministry. *On 29 May 2011, President Bagapsh died from the complication of surgery in
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. Following the
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, he was replaced temporarily by Vice President Alexander Ankvab, until elections to be held within three months could determine his successor. *On 20 September 2011, acting president Ankvab dismissed deputy head of the presidential administration Alexander Adleiba.


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Government structure at the beginning of President Bagapsh's first term


{{Abkhaz Government Cabinets Bagapsh 2005 establishments in Abkhazia 2011 disestablishments in Abkhazia Cabinets established in 2005 Cabinets disestablished in 2011