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