Guram Gumba (born 22 July 1956) is a historian and politician from

Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, 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 cover ...

. At its founding congress On 19 January 1991, he became the first (and last) Chairman of the Democratic Party of Abkhazia, Abkhazia's first post-Soviet political party. Gumba had received the idea to found the party along with writer Daur Zantaria and Russian poet Aleksandr Bardodym during a visit by the latter in 1990. The party was not revived following the 1992–1993 war with Georgia. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, Gumba was elected to the

4th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia The 4th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia was in place from 2007 until 2012. Speaker and Vice Speakers The first session of the 4th convocation of the People's Assembly was held on 3 April 2007. It was opened by the oldest deputy, ...

in constituency no. 14 (Duripsh), defeating Dmitri Ardzinba in the run-off with 1200 to 1126 votes. In Parliament, he was elected Chairman of the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary and Foreign Affairs. Gumba did not stand for re-election in 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gumba, Guram 1956 births Living people 4th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia