Valery Arshba Валерии Аршба | |
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| Head of the Presidential Administration of Abkhazia | |
| In office 15 February 2005 – 1 March 2010 | |
| President | Sergei Bagapsh |
| Preceded by | Emma Avidzba |
| Succeeded by | Grigori Enik |
| 1st Vice President of Abkhazia | |
| In office 5 January 1995 – 12 February 2005 | |
| President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Succeeded by | Raul Khajimba |
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| Born | (1949-10-04)4 October 1949 (age 76) |
Valery Arshba (Abkhaz:Валери Шалва-иҧа Аршба,Russian:Валерий Шалвович Аршба,Georgian:ვალერი არშბა; born 4 October 1949 inTkvarcheli) was the firstVice President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was first elected to the office on 5 January 1995, under PresidentVladislav Ardzinba,[1] and the pair was re-elected in the1999 Presidential election where they ran unopposed. Arshba initially was a candidate in theOctober 2004 Abkhazian presidential election, but he withdrew just before the start of the campaign period due to pressure from his family.[2] During the post-election crisis that followed, Arshba supported opposition candidateSergei Bagapsh[citation needed], and when the latter eventually became President following a power-sharing agreement with his rivalRaul Khajimba andnew elections in January 2005, Valery Arshba was made head of the presidential administration of Abkhazia on 15 February 2005.[3]
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