Aslan Bzhania

Aslan Bzhania
Аслан Бжьаниа
Bzhania in 2022
President of Abkhazia
Assumed office
23 April 2020
Prime MinisterAlexander Ankvab
Vice PresidentBadr Gunba
Preceded byValeri Bganba
(acting)
Head of the State Security Service
In office
23 February 2009 – 29 September 2014
PresidentSergei Bagapsh
Alexander Ankvab
Preceded byIuri Ashuba
Succeeded byZurab Margania
Personal details
Born (1964-04-06) 6 April 1964 (age 60)
Tamishi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Abkhazia)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materMoscow 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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