Sergei Bagapsh
| Sergei Bagapsh Сергеи Багаҧшь სერგეი ბაგაფში |
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| 2nd President of Abkhazia | |
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In office 12 February 2005 – 29 May 2011 |
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| Vice President |
Raul Khajimba Alexander Ankvab |
| Preceded by | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Ankvab |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Abkhazia | |
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In office 29 April 1997 – 20 December 1999 |
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| President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Preceded by | Gennady Gagulia |
| Succeeded by | Viacheslav Tsugba |
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4 March 1949 Sukhumi, Soviet Union |
| Died | 29 May 2011 (aged 62) Moscow, Russia |
| Political party | United Abkhazia |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Shonia |
| Alma mater | Georgian State University of Subtropical Agriculture |
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Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh (Abkhaz: Сергеи Уасыл-иҧа Багаҧшь, Georgian: სერგეი ბაგაფში, Russian: Сергей Васильевич Багапш; 4 March 1949 – 29 May 2011) was the second President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and was later elected as President in 2005. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. He died on 29 May 2011, at the age of 62, from complications of surgery.
Sergei Bagapsh was born on 4 March 1949 at Sukhumi in the Georgian SSR. Throughout most of his life, he had lived in Abkhazia. In his youth, Bagapsh was a member of the Georgian basketball team. Bagapsh graduated from the Georgian State University of Subtropical Agriculture in Sukhumi. During his studies he worked first, in a wine cooperative and later as a security guard for the state bank. In 1972, he fulfilled his military service, worked as the head of a sovkhoz following which he became instructor with the Abkhazian regional committee of the Komsomol. In 1978, Bagapsh became responsible for information in the central committee of the Komsomol's Georgian branch and in 1980, first secretary of the Abkhazian regional committee. In 1982, Sergei Bagapsh became secretary general of the communist party in the Ochamchira district. After the fall of communism, Bagapsh became a businessman and the representative of the Abkhazian government in Moscow. From 1995 until 1997, Bagapsh was First Vice-Premier of Abkhazia. On 9 November 1995, Bagapsh was seriously wounded in an attack.
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