Giorgi Baramia ( ka, გიორგი ბარამია) (born 25 February 1966) is a Georgian diplomat and the chairman of the

Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia The Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is an administration established in exile by Georgia as the ''de jure'' government of its separatist region of Abkhazia. Abkhazia has been '' de facto'' independent from Georgia – though ...

(- in exile) from June 15, 2009 to April 5, 2013. Born in

Sukhumi Sukhumi or Sokhumi is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the Capital city, capital and largest city of Abkhazia, a partially recognised state that most countries consider a part of Georgia (country), Georgia. The ...

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, Baramia graduated from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of Georgia in 1987 and worked as an agronomist and later as a tax official in Abkhazia from 1988 to 1993. The secessionist war in Abkhazia forced him to leave his homeland in 1993. He worked for the Abkhaz government-in-exile and for Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2009, including being a consul in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

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(2007–2009). In June 2009, he was elected a chairman of the

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

-based Abkhazian government-in-exile, succeeding on this post Malkhaz Akishbaia. He resigned from his position on April 5, 2013.Vakhtang Kolbaia Appointed as Acting Chairman of Abkhazian Government
. Prime News. April 8, 2013.

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1966 births Diplomats for Georgia (country) Living people Government ministers of Abkhazia People from Sukhumi {{Georgia-politician-stub