Batal Tabagua (, ka, ბატალ ტაბაღუა) is the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the

Republic of Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It covers and has a population of around 245,000 ...

. He was appointed to the Central Election Commission December 11, 2004 by outgoing president

Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Ardzinba (, ka, ვლადისლავ არძინბა; 14 May 1945 – 4 March 2010) was an Abkhaz historian and politician who served as the first '' de facto'' president of Abkhazia. Ardzinba led Abkhazia to '' de fact ...

and elected Chairman December 14 after his predecessor, Sergei Smyr, had resigned during the crisis that ensued after the October 3 Presidential election. Previously, Tabagua had been Minister for Justice and head of the Ochamchira district administration.

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* * 1962 births Living people Ministers for justice of Abkhazia Heads of Ochamchira District {{Abkhazia-bio-stub