Government of the Republic of Abkhazia

This article is about the government of the partially recognised state. For the Georgian government in exile, see Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.

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The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia governs the partially recognised Republic of Abkhazia.

Executive branch

The Republic of Abkhazia is headed by the President (the incumbent is Alexander Ankvab), who is supported by a Vice President (Mikhail Logua). They are served by a cabinet of ministers, which is headed by current prime minister Leonid Lakerbaia.

Current cabinet

See also: Government of President Ankvab

Office	Incumbent	Since
Prime Minister	Leonid Lakerbaia	27 September 2011
First Vice Premier	Indira Awardan	10 October 2011
Vice Premier	Alexander Stranichkin	10 October 2011
Vice Premier	Vladimir Delba	10 October 2011
Chief of the Cabinet Staff	Marina Ladaria	20 October 2011
Minister of Defence	Mirab Kishmaria	10 May 2007
Minister of Finance	Vladimir Delba	10 October 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Viacheslav Chirikba	11 October 2011
Minister of Internal Affairs	Otar Khetsia	20 October 2011
Minister of Justice	Yekaterina Onishchenko	31 October 2011
Minister of Economy	David Iradyan	27 October 2011
Minister for Taxes and Fees	Rauf Tsimtsba	4 April 2011
Minister of Agriculture	Beslan Jopua	18 October 2011
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Olga Koltukova	2 March 2005
Minister of Health	Zurab Marshan	25 February 2005
Minister of Education	Daur Nachkebia	20 October 2011
Minister of Culture	Badr Gunba	13 October 2011
Chairman of the State Customs Committee	Said Tarkil	2 March 2010
Chairman of the State Committee for Management of State Property and Privatization	Konstantin Katsia	3 April 2007
Chairman of the State Committee for Resorts and Tourism	Tengiz Lakerbaia	24 February 2005
Chairman of the State Committee on Youth and Sport	Shazina Avidzba	28 October 2011
Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation	Zurab Adleiba	9 September 2010
Chairman of the State Committee for Ecology and Nature	Roman Dbar	7 April 2010

Legislative branch

The People's Assembly is the parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Judicial branch

The Military Procuracy and Military Court were founded in March 1993. On 11 July 1993, the Military Court was turned into the Military Tribunal, but it was changed back on 1 July 1998.

The Prosecutor's Office was founded on 15 April 1994. The first Prosecutor General was Anri Jergenia. After Jergenia became Prime Minister in 2001, he was succeeded by Rauf Korua, who was in turn replaced by Zaur Bartsits following the election of Sergei Bagapsh as President in 2005. In February 2007, the current Prosecutor General was appointed, Saferbei Mikanba.

See also

• Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
• Politics of Abkhazia

References

• (English)/(Russian)/(Abkhaz)(Turkish)/ President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official site
• (English)/(Russian)/(Turkish) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia. Official Site