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.