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Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (born 1945)

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Vladislav Ardzinba

Soviet-Abkhaz politician; President of Abkhazia (1945-2010)

Vladislav Ardzinba was an Abkhaz historian and politician who served as the first de facto president of Abkhazia. Ardzinba led Abkhazia to de facto independence in the 1992–1993 War with Georgia, but its de jure independence from Georgia remained internationally unrecognised…
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President of Abkhazia

Head of state of the Republic of Abkhazia

The president of Abkhazia is the de facto head of state and head of government of the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia, that is de jure part of Georgia. The position was created in 1994. Before the office of president was created the head of state position was known as…
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