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Zurab Agumava

Zurab Agumava
Head of the Supreme Court
Assumed office
30 July 2015
Preceded by Roman Mushba
Prosecutor General
(acting)
In office
6 June 2014 – 7 October 2014
Preceded by Saferbei Mikanba
Succeeded by Aleksei Lomia
Military Prosecutor
Assumed office
2006
Preceded by ?
Head of Sukhumi District
In office
2 April 2003 – 2006
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Sergei Bagapsh
Preceded by Lev Avidzba
Succeeded by Vladimir Avidzba
Head of the State Security Service
In office
1 November 2001 – 2 April 2003
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by Raul Khajimba
Succeeded by Givi Agrba
Minister for Internal Affairs
In office
2 July 2001 – 1 November 2001
President Vladislav Ardzinba
Prime Minister Anri Jergenia
Preceded by Almasbei Kchach
Succeeded by Almasbei Kchach
Personal details
Born 1961 (age 55–56)
Eshera

Zurab Agumava is the head of the Supreme Court and a former politician from Abkhazia.

Agumava was born in 1961 in the village of Eshera and was educated in the local school. In 1987, Agumava graduated in jurisprudence from the Abkhazian State University.

Following his graduation, Agumava joined the Security Service. During the 1992–93 war with Georgia, he led counterintelligence on the Gumista front. Agumava was promoted first to deputy head in 1993 and then, after the end of the war in December 1993, head of military counterintelligence of Abkhazia. Between 1995 and May 1999, he held several senior posts in the Security Service and the Military Prosecution. In May 1999, Zurab Agumava was elected as a Supreme Court judge.

On 2 April Agumava was appointed Interior Minister by President Vladislav Ardzinba on 2 July 2001. On 1 November 2001, Agumava succeeded Raul Khajimba as Head of the State Security Service. On 2 April 2003, Agumava was appointed acting Head of the Sukhumi District, a post which he continued to hold until Ardzinba's successor Sergei Bagapsh appointed him Military Prosecutor in 2006.

On 6 June 2014, Agumava was appointed acting Prosecutor General after the dismissal of Saferbei Mikanba following the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis. On 9 September, this appointment was extended by acting President Valeri Bganba until 7 October 2014, on which date Parliament elected Aleksei Lomia.

On 30 July, Agumava elected Head of the Supreme Court by Parliament, to succeed Roman Mushba who had announced his resignation, co-inciding with the end of his mandate.



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