Valeri Bganba | |
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President of Abkhazia Acting | |
In office 13 January 2020 – 23 April 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Raul Khajimba |
Succeeded by | Aslan Bzhania |
In office 1 June 2014 – 25 September 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Delba (Acting) |
Preceded by | Alexander Ankvab |
Succeeded by | Raul Khajimba |
13th Prime Minister of Abkhazia | |
In office 18 September 2018 – 23 April 2020 | |
President | Raul Khajimba Himself (acting) |
Preceded by | Daur Arshba (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Alexander Ankvab |
Personal details | |
Born | Bzyb, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | 26 August 1954
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Kuban State Agrarian University |
Valeri Ramshukhovich Bganba (Russian: Валерий Рамшухович Бганба; born 26 August 1954) is an Abkhazian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Abkhazia from 18 September 2018 to 23 April 2020 and as the acting President of Abkhazia from 13 January to 23 April 2020. Prior to that he was the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia from 2012 until 2017. He was elected as speaker on 3 April 2012[1] and was succeeded by Valery Kvarchia on 12 April 2017.[2] Bganba became acting President on 1 June 2014, following the resignation of Alexander Ankvab as a result of the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis. On 25 September 2014 he was replaced by Raul Khajimba, the winner of the presidential elections on 24 August.