Rauf Tsimtsba

Rauf Tsimtsba
3rd Minister for Taxes and Fees of Abkhazia
In office
8 April 2015 – 1 November 2016
Prime MinisterArtur Mikvabia
Succeeded byDaur Kurmazia
In office
4 April 2011 – 15 October 2014
Prime MinisterSergei Shamba
Leonid Lakerbaia
Preceded byVakhtang Pipia
Personal details
Born (1956-11-23) 23 November 1956 (age 67)
Gagra, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR

Rauf Aslanovich Tsimtsba (Abkhaz: Рауф Аслан-иҧа Цымцба, Russian: Рауф Асланович Цимцба; born 23 November 1956) was the third Minister for Taxes and Fees of Abkhazia, serving between 2011 and 2016 in the Governments of President Bagapsh, President Ankvab and President Khajimba. Tsimtsba was originally appointed on 4 April 2011 by Sergei Bagapsh to succeed Vakhtang Pipia, who had been appointed Vice Premier on 30 March. Before that, Tsimtsba had headed the Department for the Taxation of Legal Entities within the ministry.[1][2] Following the Death of Bagapsh one month later and the election of Alexander Ankvab, Tsimtsba was re-appointed on 11 October.[3]

When Raul Khajimba was elected as President in 2014, he abolished the Ministry for Taxes and Fees on 15 October, turning it into the State Tax Service, which Tsimtsba was appointed to head on 17 October.[4][5] In the government of Prime Minister Artur Mikvabia, the Ministry for Taxes and Fees was re-established, and Tsimtsba was re-appointed as Minister on 8 April 2015.[6] Following the appointment of Beslan Bartsits as Prime Minister, Tsimtsba was replaced by Daur Kurmazia,[7] but he was praised by President Khajimba and promised a future position in government.[8]

  1. ^ Вахтанг Пипия назначен вице-премьером правительства Абхазии (in Russian). Apsnypress. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ^ Рауф Цимцба назначен министром по налогам и сборам (in Russian). Apsnypress. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Президент Александр Анкваб подписал указы о назначении министров". Apsnypress. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. ^ Khajimba, Raul (15 October 2014). "Утверждена структура Кабинета Министров Республики Абхазия". Office of information and mass-media of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Указ Президента "О руководителях центральных органов государственного управления Республики Абхазия"". Apsnypress. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Президент Абхазии подписал Указы о назначениях". Apsnypress. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Даур Курмазия назначен министром по налогам и сборам". Apsnypress. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. ^ Jarsalia, Said (1 November 2016). "Президент о работе министра по налогам и сборам: Ваше пребывание в структурах нашей власти было ярким и полезным". Apsnypress. Retrieved 1 November 2016.