Sultan Sosnaliyev

Soslan Sosnaliyev
Sosnaliyev on a 2009 stamp of Abkhazia
7th Minister of Defence of Abkhazia
In office
February 2005[1] – May 2007[2]
PresidentSergei Bagapsh
Preceded byMukhamed Kilba
Succeeded byMirab Kishmaria
2nd Minister of Defence of Abkhazia
In office
April 1993 – July 1996[1]
Preceded byVladimir Arshba
Succeeded byVladimir Mikanba
Personal details
Born23 April 1942
Baksan, Kabardino-Balkar ASSR, Soviet Union
Died23 November 2008 (2008-11-24) (aged 66)
Moscow, Russia

Sultan Aslambekovich Sosnaliyev (Russian: Султан Асламбекович Сосналиев; 23 April 1942 – 23 November 2008) was a Soviet Army officer of Circassian ethnicity who served as a commander of Abkhaz and North Caucasian forces during the War in Abkhazia and as the defence minister of Abkhazia in 1993–1996 and 2005–2007.

  1. ^ a b Official site of the president of Abkhazia, Полководец Султан Сосналиев Archived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Commander Sultan Sosnaliyev)
  2. ^ Regnum.ru, Министр обороны Абхазии ушел в отставку, (Abkhazian minister of defence resigns), 8 May 2007