Aslan Bzhania | |
|---|---|
| Аслан Бжьаниа | |
_(cropped).jpg) Bzhania in 2022 | |
| President of Abkhazia | |
| Assumed office 23 April 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Ankvab |
| Vice President | Badr Gunba |
| Preceded by | Valeri Bganba (acting) |
| Head of the State Security Service | |
| In office 23 February 2009 – 29 September 2014 | |
| President | Sergei Bagapsh Alexander Ankvab |
| Preceded by | Iuri Ashuba |
| Succeeded by | Zurab Margania |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1964 Tamishi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Abkhazia) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University Academy of National Economy under the President of the Russian Federation |
Aslan Georgievich Bzhania (Abkhaz: Аслан Гьаргь-иԥа Бжьаниа, romanized: Aslan Gyargy-ipha Bzhyania; Georgian: ასლან გიორგის-ძე ბჟანია, romanized: aslan giorgis-dze bzhania; Russian: Аслан Георгиевич Бжания; born 6 April 1964) is an Abkhaz politician who has served as the President of Abkhazia[note 1] since 23 April 2020. He was the Head of the State Security Service from 2010 to 2014, and one of the leaders of the opposition in Abkhazia from 2016. He ran in the 2019 presidential election, but was forced to withdraw due to poisoning. He won the subsequent 2020 presidential election.
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