Batal Tabagua Explained

Batal Tabagua
Баҭал Табаҕәуа
Order:Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia
Term Start:December 14, 2004
Predecessor:Sergei Smyr
Order2:Minister for Justice of Abkhazia
Term Start2:September 1995
Term End2:December 14, 2004
President2:Vladislav Ardzinba
Order3:Head of the Administration of Ochamchira District
Term Start3:October 1993
Term End3:September 1995
Birth Date:October 29, 1962
Birth Place:Kutol, Ochamchira District, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

Batal Tabagua (Abkhazian: Баҭал Табаҕәуа, Georgian: ბატალ ტაბაღუა) is the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was appointed to the Central Election Commission December 11, 2004 by outgoing president Vladislav Ardzinba and elected Chairman December 14 after his predecessor, Sergei Smyr, had resigned during the crisis that ensued after the October 3 Presidential election. Previously, Tabagua had been Minister for Justice and head of the Ochamchira district administration.

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