Ruslan Ajba is the current Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security of Abkhazia.

Early life and education

Ajba was born in 1975 in the village of Achandara,

Gudauta District Gudauta District is a district of Abkhazia, Georgia (country), Georgia's breakaway republic. It corresponds to the eponymous Administrative divisions of Georgia (country), Georgian district. Its capital is Gudauta, the town by the same name. The po ...

. He finished school in 1992 and graduated in 1999 in finance and credit from the economic faculty of the

Abkhazian State University The Abkhazian State University is the only university in Abkhazia. It was founded in 1979 on the basis of the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute. Its first rector was Zurab Anchabadze. The study language is mainly Russian in the university. The uni ...

. In subsequent years Ajba worked as Chief Specialist in the Main Control Directorate of the presidential administration.

Pension Fund Head and Minister for Labour

On 11 November 2011, Ajba was appointed Head of the Pension Fund by President

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 ...

. On 23 August 2016, Ajba was appointed Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security in the new cabinet of Prime Minister Beslan Bartsits, succeeding Suren Kerselyan.

References

1975 births Living people Ministers for labour and social security of Abkhazia People from Gudauta District {{Abkhazia-bio-stub