Leonid Enik Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Еник Леонид Шамелович. Министерство культуры Республики Абхазия. 9 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109210832/http://www.mkra.org/ministerstvo/exministr/1031/. 9 November 2013.
  2. News: Леонид Еник назначен гендиректором РГУ "Абхазская государственная телерадиокомпания". 30 January 2016. Apsnypress. 29 January 2016.
  3. News: Эмма Ходжава освобождена от занимаемой должности. 30 January 2016. Apsnypress. 25 January 2016.
  4. News: Zavodskaya. Elena. Новый гендиректор АГТРК: нет ли конфликта интересов?. 13 November 2016. Echo of the Caucasus. 4 November 2016.
  5. News: Chania. Izida. Абхазская неделя: дела международные. 13 November 2016. Echo of the Caucasus. 14 October 2016.
  6. News: ТАЛИ ДЖАПУА НАЗНАЧЕНА ГЕНЕРАЛЬНЫМ ДИРЕКТОРОМ АБХАЗСКОЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ТЕЛЕРАДИОКОМПАНИИ. 12 November 2016. Abkhazia Inform. 4 November 2016.