Givi Agrba Explained

Givi Agrba
Office:Head of the State Security Service of Abkhazia
President:Vladislav Ardzinba
Term Start:2 April 2003
Term End:7 July 2004
Predecessor:Zurab Agumava
Successor:Mikhail Tarba
Office1:Chief of the General Staff of Abkhazia
President1:Vladislav Ardzinba
Term Start1:1996
Term End1:2002
Office2:Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia
President2:Vladislav Ardzinba
Term Start2:1993
Term End2:2 June 1996
Predecessor2:Alexander Ankvab
Successor2:Almasbei Kchach
Birth Date:4 April 1937
Birth Place:Kulanyrchua
Death Place:Sukhumi
Alma Mater:Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute

Givi Kamugovich Agrba (Russian: Гиви Камугович Агрба; 4 April 1937 – 27 August 2014) was a politician from Abkhazia.

Early life

Agrba was born on 4 April 1937 in the village of Kulanyrchua, Gudauta District. He attended school in Lykhny and studied in the philological faculty of the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute.[1]

Career

Agrba became Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia in 1993, after the war with Georgia. On 2 June 1996, President Ardzinba dismissed him for unsatisfactory work, replacing him with the head of his own security office Almasbei Kchach.[2] From 1996 until 2002, Agrba was Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff. He was awarded the rank of Major in 1996 and Lieutenant General in 1998. He subsequently became advisor to President Ardzinba on Military Matters, and on 2 April 2003, was appointed was appointed Head of the State Security Service, replacing Zurab Agumava.[3] On 15 June 2004, Agrba handed in his resignation along with Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba and First Vice Premier Astamur Tarba following the murder of opposition politician Garri Aiba.[4] President Ardzinba accepted Agrba's resignation on 7 July and replaced him with Mikhail Tarba.[5]

Death

Agrba died on 27 August 2014 in Sukhumi.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Скоропостижно скончался Гиви Камугович Агрба. 14 September 2014. Apsnypress. 27 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914161435/http://apsnypress.info/news/12930.html. 14 September 2014.
  2. The Jamestown Foundation. The Jamestown Foundation. ABKHAZ MILITARY LEADERS REPLACED.. Monitor. 4 June 1996. 2. 107. 10 January 2012.
  3. News: Служба государственной безопасности. 29 September 2011. mcds.ru. April 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114057/http://www.mcds.ru/default.asp?Mode=Review&ID_L0=4&ID_L1=43&ID_L2=473&ID_L3=1062&ID=&ID_Review=40204. 2 April 2012.
  4. News: Key Ministers in de facto Abkhaz Government Resign. 15 April 2011. Civil Georgia. 15 June 2004.
  5. News: Kuchuberia. Anzhela. ru:Президент Абхазии назначил нового председателя Службы государственной безопасности. http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/58152/. 30 September 2011. Caucasian Knot. 7 July 2004. ru.