Alexander Ankwab

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Alexander Ankwab in October 2011

Alexander Solotinskowitsch Ankwab ( Abkhazian Алықьсандр Золотинска-иҧа Анқәаб / Alyqsandr Anqwab ; Russian Александр Золотинскович Анкваб is one of the few states recognized internationally as Sukhumi in December 1952 ; * December 26th, 1956 , the most internationally recognized republic of Abkhazia . From May 2011 to May 2014 he was President of Abkhazia and since April 24, 2020 he has been Prime Minister of his country.

life and career

Ankwab graduated from the Rostov State University in Rostov-on-Don in Russia with a degree in law . He then worked for several years as a functionary of the communist youth organization Komsomol . From 1975 to 1981 he worked in the Ministry of Justice of the Abkhaz ASSR . In 1981 he became a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party in Georgia. From 1984 to 1990 he was Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Georgian SSR in Tbilisi .

After the end of the Soviet Union , Ankwab became a member of the Abkhaz Supreme Soviet in 1991. During the war with Georgia from 1992 to 1993 he was Minister of the Interior of Abkhazia. In this role, Ankwab organized, among other things, prisoner exchanges with Georgia. Eventually, there was a conflict between Ankwab and the Abkhazian President Vladislav Ardsinba . In 1994 Ankwab left Abkhazia and lived in Moscow until 2000 , where he worked as a businessman and entrepreneur.

In 2000 he returned to Abkhaz politics. He founded the opposition party Aitaira ( Eng . Rebirth ), became its chairman. In August 2004 he announced that he would run as a candidate for the Abkhazian presidency. Because of his lack of Abkhazian language skills and his long stay abroad, he was rejected by the Central Electoral Commission. Since then he has supported President Sergei Bagapsch until his death.

On February 14, 2005, Ankwab was appointed Prime Minister of the country by Sergei Bagapsch. On February 28, 2005, Ankwab survived an attack. His car was hit by 17 bullets as he entered Sukhumi near the village of Atschadara. Ankwab was unharmed because he was not in his car, but in that of the Vice Prime Minister. He blamed organized crime in Abkhazia. She did not agree with his tax legislation.

In the election campaign for the 2009 presidential election , he ran alongside President Bagapsch as a candidate for the office of Vice President, which he also won. In connection with this, he was released from his duties as head of government on November 12, 2009 by a presidential decree. He handed the official business over to his deputy Leonid Lakerbaja .

On October 23, 2010, strangers fired grenade launchers at Ankwab's house. Ankwab was slightly injured in the attack.

A few days before the death of the seriously ill Sergei Bagapsch on May 29, 2011, Alexander Ankwab took office as President. In the early presidential election on August 26, 2011, Ankwab received almost 55 percent of the votes with a turnout of around 70 percent and was thus confirmed in the office of President without a runoff.

Another attack (the sixth) was committed on President Ankwab early in the morning on February 22, 2012, while he was on his way from his home in Gudauta County to the capital Sukhumi with his car and an escort vehicle . A bodyguard was killed in the bomb attack, two other companions were seriously injured, and Ankwab himself survived the attack unscathed. Only after several weeks of searching by the authorities could six suspects be arrested in mid-April. Several of them, including former Interior Minister Aslambei Kchach , committed suicide either when arrested or in custody.

On May 27, 2014, mass protests by the opposition against Ankwab broke out in Sukhumi. According to media reports, several thousand protesters called for the resignation of the president and broke into the presidential palace. Negotiations between the president and representatives of the opposition, including Raul Hadschimba , had taken place there at the time. In addition to an autocratic style of government, Ankwab was accused of doing too little to develop economic independence in the country, which receives high support payments from neighboring Russia. Ankwab then sought refuge on the Russian military base near Gudauta . On May 31, the parliament declared him incapable of office at a special session and installed Parliament President Valery Bganba as acting head of state. August 24, 2014 was decided as the date for a new election of the head of state. Ankwab's supporters, such as Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaja, described the parliament's actions as unconstitutional. On June 1st, Ankwab announced his resignation from the presidency.

Under the presidency of Aslan Bschania , he was reappointed Prime Minister on April 24, 2020.

Political profile

Ankwab is considered to be relatively cautious about the media. He represents a close relationship between his country and Russia. Repeatedly he announced a crackdown on corruption. Some of the assassinations against Ankwab have been linked to this engagement. During the election campaign, Ankwab campaigned, among other things, to improve medical care and to rebuild agriculture and tourism in Abkhazia . He planned to sign a peace agreement with Georgia.

His election in 2011 was judged by international observers to be largely free and in line with democratic principles.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ http://www.akm.ru/rus/news/2011/august/25/ns_3688354.htm
  3. ↑ В Абхазии Анкваб освобожден от премьерства на время выборов , gazeta.ru
  4. ↑ Abkhazia's Vice-President Ankwab injured in attack , aktuell.ru, 23 September 2010
  5. ↑ Dmitri Babitsch: Presidential election in Abkhazia: The laughing third , RIA Novosti , August 30, 2011.
  6. ↑ Attack on Abkhazia's president kills . Online at aktuell.ru from February 22, 2012.
  7. ↑ Abkhazia: Another murder suspect commits suicide . Online at aktuell.ru from April 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ NEWSru.com : В Сухуми несколько тысяч сторонников оппозиции митингуют, требуя отставки "превравки" превравки "
  9. ↑ NEWSru.com: "Синдром Януковича": президент Абхазии после начала массовых протестов скрыйвался нае розос
  10. ↑ NEWSru.com: Парламент Абхазии назначил и.о. президента и внеочередные выборы
  11. ↑ NEWSru.com: Президент Абхазии Анкваб подтвердил свою отставку, призвал к сохранению мира
  12. ↑ David X. Noack: Abkhazia wants change , young world March 26, 2020.
  13. ↑ http://top.rbc.ru/politics/30/05/2011/597458.shtml
  14. ↑ С. Н. Бабурин, Военно-промышленный курьер, № 20 (236) от 21 мая 2008 года
  15. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17124746
  16. ↑ http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=24475
  17. ↑ a b stern.de : Abkhazia conflict region: Prorusse Ankwab elected President
  18. ↑ Steffen Dobbert: Abkhazia's President: "I call the protests in Kiev disgusting". In: Zeit Online. February 20, 2014, accessed February 20, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Ankwab, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Анқәаб, Алықьсандр (Abkhazian); Anqwab, Alyqsandr (Abkhazian-Latin); Анкваб, Александр (Russian); Ankwab, Aleksandr (Russian-Latin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abkhazian politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Sukhumi , Soviet Union