Givi Agrba

Givi Agrba
Head of the State Security Service of Abkhazia
In office
2 April 2003  7 July 2004
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by Zurab Agumava
Succeeded by Mikhail Tarba
Chief of the General Staff of Abkhazia
In office
1996–2002
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia
In office
1993  2 June 1996
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by Alexander Ankvab
Succeeded by Almasbei Kchach
Personal details
Born (1937-04-04)4 April 1937
Kulanyrchua
Died 27 August 2014(2014-08-27) (aged 77)
Sukhumi
Alma mater Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute

Givi Agrba was a politician from Abkhazia.

Early life

Agrba was born on 4 April 1937 in the village of Kulanyrchua, Gudauta District. He attended school in Lykhny and studied in the philological faculty of the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute.[1]

Career

Agrba became Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia in 1993, after the war with Georgia. On 2 June 1996, President Ardzinba dismissed him for unsatisfactory work, replacing him with the head of his own security office Almasbei Kchach.[2] From 1996 until 2002, Agrba was Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff. He was awarded the rank of Major in 1996 and Lieutenant General in 1998. He subsequently became advisor to President Ardzinba on Military Matters, and on 2 April 2003, was appointed was appointed Head of the State Security Service, replacing Zurab Agumava.[3] On 15 June 2004, Agrba handed in his resignation along with Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba and First Vice Premier Astamur Tarba following the murder of opposition politician Garri Aiba.[4] President Ardzinba accepted Agrba's resignation on 7 July and replaced him with Mikhail Tarba.[5]

Death

Agrba died on 27 August 2014 in Sukhumi.[1]

References

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