Leonid Enik | |
Order: | 8th General Director of the Abkhazian State TV and Radio |
Term Start: | 29 January 2016 |
Term End: | 4 November 2016 |
Predecessor: | Emma Khojava |
Successor: | Tali Japua |
Order1: | Minister for Culture |
Term Start1: | 2001 |
Term End1: | 10 March 2005 |
Predecessor1: | Vladimir Zantaria |
Successor1: | Nugzar Logua |
Primeminister1: | Anri Jergenia Gennadi Gagulia Raul Khajimba Nodar Khashba |
Birth Place: | Mgudzurkhva |
Nationality: | Abkhaz |
Leonid Enik was Minister for Culture of Abkhazia from 2001 until 10 March 2005. He was born in 1960 in the village of Mgudzurkhva in Gudauta District.[1]
On 29 January 2016, Leonid Enik was appointed as the new General Director of the Abkhazian State TV and Radio,[2] succeeding Emma Khojava, who had been dismissed, upon her own request, on 25 January.[3]
During his tenure, Enik was criticised by other journalists, in particular his predecessor Khojava.[4] In October, he announced that he wanted to resign due to ill health,[5] and on 4 November he was replaced by former Education Minister Tali Japua.[6]