Zhiuli Shartava

Zhiuli Shartava
ჟიული შარტავა
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Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
In office
July 18, 1992[1] – September 27, 1993
PresidentEduard Shevardnadze
Head of the Council of Self-Defence of Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
In office
1992–1993
PresidentEduard Shevardnadze
Personal details
Born(1944-03-07)March 7, 1944
Senaki, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedSeptember 27, 1993(1993-09-27) (aged 49)
Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia

Zhiuli Shartava (Georgian: ჟიული შარტავა; March 7, 1944 – September 27, 1993) was a Georgian politician and National Hero who served as the Head of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and was killed by Abkhaz militants during the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia in 1993.

  1. ^ "Shevardnadze sacks governor in Abkhazia". UPI. July 18, 1992. Retrieved December 3, 2008.