Beslan Butba

Beslan Butba
Беслан Быҭәба
Prime Minister of Abkhazia
In office
29 September 2014 – 16 March 2015
PresidentRaul Khajimba
Preceded byVladimir Delba (Acting)
Leonid Lakerbaia
Succeeded byShamil Adzynba (Acting)
Artur Mikvabia
Chairman of the Party for the Economic Development of Abkhazia
Assumed office
26 September 2007
DeputyBeslan Baratelia
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1960-02-07) 7 February 1960 (age 64)
Chlou, Soviet Union
Political partyParty for the Economic
Development of Abkhazia
Alma materMoscow State
Construction University

Interdisciplinary Centre of
Ergonomic Research and
Development

Beslan Butba (Abkhaz: Беслан Быҭәба, Georgian: ბესლან ბუთბა) (born February 7, 1960) is a businessman and a former Prime Minister of Abkhazia. He owns Abkhazia's only private television station Abaza TV and is the chairman of the Party of the Economic Development of Abkhazia. Butba was an unsuccessful candidate in the December 2009 presidential election.