Apollon Shinkuba Explained

Apollon Shinkuba
Order:Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia
Term Start:15 July 2016
Predecessor:Konstantin Ozgan
Order2:Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation of Abkhazia
Term Start2:2000
Term End2:27 June 2001
Primeminister2:Viacheslav Tsugba
Predecessor2:Givi Dopua
Successor2:Givi Dopua
Birth Date:April 7, 1946
Birth Place:Tkhin, Ochamchira District
Nationality:Abkhaz

Apollon Shinkuba is a retired politician from Abkhazia and the current Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia.

Early life and career

Apollon Shinkuba was born on 7 April 1946 in the village of Tkhin, Ochamchira District. He graduated from the philological faculty of the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute in 1975. Between 1994 and 1997, Shinkuba served as deputy Chief of Staff of the Abkhazian Military. Between 2000 and 2001, he was Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation. Shinkuba retired from the army in 2007 with the rank of Colonel.

Chairman of the Council of Elders

Shinkuba was unanimously elected Chairman of the Council of Elders on 15 July 2016, following the death in March of his predecessor Konstantin Ozgan.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Аполлон Шинкуба избран председателем Совета старейшин Абхазии. 30 July 2016. Apsnypres. 15 July 2016.