Valery Arshba Валерии Аршба | |
|---|---|
| Head of the Presidential Administration of Abkhazia | |
| In office 15 February 2005 – 1 March 2010 | |
| President | Sergei Bagapsh |
| Preceded by | Emma Avidzba |
| Succeeded by | Grigori Enik |
| 1st Vice President of Abkhazia | |
| In office 5 January 1995 – 12 February 2005 | |
| President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Succeeded by | Raul Khajimba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1949 Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia |
Valery Arshba (Abkhaz: Валери Шалва-иҧа Аршба, Russian: Валерий Шалвович Аршба, Georgian: ვალერი არშბა; born 4 October 1949 in Tkvarcheli) was the first Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was first elected to the office on 5 January 1995, under President Vladislav Ardzinba,[1] and the pair was re-elected in the 1999 Presidential election where they ran unopposed. Arshba initially was a candidate in the October 2004 Abkhazian presidential election, but he withdrew just before the start of the campaign period due to pressure from his family.[2] During the post-election crisis that followed, Arshba supported opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh[citation needed], and when the latter eventually became President following a power-sharing agreement with his rival Raul Khajimba and new elections in January 2005, Valery Arshba was made head of the presidential administration of Abkhazia on 15 February 2005.[3]