Raul Khadjimba
| Raul Khajimba Рауль Ҳаџьымба რაულ ჰაჯიმბა |
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| President of Abkhazia | |
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Assumed office 25 September 2014 |
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| Vice President | Vitali Gabnia |
| Preceded by | Alexander Ankvab |
| Member of Parliament for Constituency no. 30 (Tkvarcheli) |
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In office 3 April 2012 – 7 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Daur Arshba |
| Succeeded by | Taifun Ardzinba |
| Chairman of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 31 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by |
Daur Arshba Astamur Tania |
| Succeeded by | Daur Arshba |
| Vice President of Abkhazia | |
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In office 12 February 2005 – 28 May 2009 |
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| President | Sergei Bagapsh |
| Preceded by | Valery Arshba |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Ankvab |
| Prime Minister of Abkhazia | |
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In office 22 April 2003 – 6 October 2004 |
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| President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Preceded by | Gennady Gagulia |
| Succeeded by | Nodar Khashba |
| Minister for Defence | |
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In office 19 December 2002 – 22 April 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Gennady Gagulia |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Mikanba |
| Succeeded by | Viacheslav Eshba |
| First Vice Premier | |
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In office 18 June 2001 – 22 April 2003 |
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| Prime Minister |
Anri Jergenia Gennady Gagulia |
| Preceded by | Beslan Kubrava |
| Succeeded by | Astamur Tarba |
| Head of the State Security Service | |
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In office December 1999 – 1 November 2001 |
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| President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Preceded by | Astamur Tarba |
| Succeeded by | Zurab Agumava |
| Personal details | |
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21 March 1958 Tkvarcheli, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia |
| Alma mater | Abkhazian State University |
Raul Khajimba (Abkhaz: Рауль Ҳаџьымба, Georgian: რაულ ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is the current President of Abkhazia, having been elected in 2014 after the May Revolution. He has also since 2010 been Chairman of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia. Khajimba previously held the offices of Vice President (2005–2009), Prime Minister (2003–2004) and Defence Minister (2002–2003). He unsuccessfully ran for President in 2004, 2009 and 2011.
Raul Khajimba was born on 21 March 1958 in Tkvarcheli, where he went to school and worked as a mechanic at the power station. From 1976 until 1978, he served in the Soviet Air Defence Forces. From 1979 until 1984, he graduated from the Law Faculty of the Abkhazian State University. From 1985 until 1986 Khajimba studied at the KGB school in Minsk, and he subsequently served as a KGB agent in Tkvarcheli until 1992.
During the 1992–1993 war with Georgia, Khajimba was the head of the military intelligence and counterintelligence operation on the eastern front. For his work, he was awarded the Order of Leon.
From 1996 until 1998, Khajimba headed the anti-smuggling division of the State Customs Committee. In 1998, he became its Deputy Chairman.
After a bomb attack on 13 December 1999 in Sukhumi targeting government officials, President Ardzinba dismissed Astamur Tarba as Security Service Chairman and appointed Khajimba in his stead. On 18 June 2001, he additionally became First Vice Premier. On 1 November he was succeeded as Head of the State Security Service by Interior Minister Zurab Agumava. On 16 May 2002, Khajimba was appointed Defence Minister, replacing Vladimir Mikanba, while remaining First Vice Premier.
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