Almasbei Kchach | |
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Secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia | |
In office 6 June 2003 – 17 February 2005 | |
President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
Preceded by | Astamur Tarba |
Succeeded by | Stanislav Lakoba |
Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia | |
In office 1 November 2001 – 8 May 2003 | |
President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
Prime Minister |
Anri Jergenia Gennadi Gagulia |
Preceded by | Zurab Agumava |
Succeeded by | Abesalom Beia |
In office 2 June 1996 – 2 July 2001 | |
President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
Prime Minister |
Gennadi Gagulia Sergei Bagapsh Viacheslav Tsugba |
Preceded by | Givi Agrba |
Succeeded by | Zurab Agumava |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 September 1958 Gudauta District, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | Gagra, Abkhazia | 17 April 2012 (aged 53)
Almasbei Ivanovich Kchach ( Russian: Алмасбей Иванович Кчач) was a former government member and vice-presidential candidate from Abkhazia who committed suicide when investigators came to arrest him in connection with an assassination attempt on President Alexander Ankvab. [1]
On 2 June 1996, President Vladislav Ardzinba appointed Almasbei Kchach to succeed Givi Agrba as interior minister. Kchach had up until that point been head of Ardzinba's own security office. [2] He remained in that position until 2 July 2001, when he was replaced by Supreme Court Judge Zurab Agumava. [3] However, Kchach again became interior minister on 1 November after Agumava was appointed to head the State Security Service. [4] [5]
On 8 May 2003, after the appointment of Raul Khajimba as prime minister, Kchach was again replaced as interior minister, by Abesalom Beia. [6] On 6 June, he was appointed Secretary of the Security Council, [7] succeeding Astamur Tarba who had been made Vice-Premier. [8] Kchach stayed on in this position until the end of Ardzinba's presidency in 2005. [1]
After Sergei Bagapsh succeeded Vladislav Ardzinba as president in 2005, Almasbei Kchach joined the new opposition and unsuccessfully participated in a number of elections. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, he made it to the second round of the election in the eighth constituency ( Pitsunda), but narrowly lost the run-off with 1195 to 1263 votes. [9] In the 2009 presidential election Kchach ran as vice presidential candidate under businessman Beslan Butba. The pair came in fourth place with 8.25% of the vote share. [1] [10] Kchach again tried to win constituency number eight in the 2012 parliamentary elections, but failed to pass the first round, achieving a 24.90% third place. [11]
Almasbei Kchach | |
---|---|
Secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia | |
In office 6 June 2003 – 17 February 2005 | |
President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
Preceded by | Astamur Tarba |
Succeeded by | Stanislav Lakoba |
Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia | |
In office 1 November 2001 – 8 May 2003 | |
President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
Prime Minister |
Anri Jergenia Gennadi Gagulia |
Preceded by | Zurab Agumava |
Succeeded by | Abesalom Beia |
In office 2 June 1996 – 2 July 2001 | |
President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
Prime Minister |
Gennadi Gagulia Sergei Bagapsh Viacheslav Tsugba |
Preceded by | Givi Agrba |
Succeeded by | Zurab Agumava |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 September 1958 Gudauta District, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | Gagra, Abkhazia | 17 April 2012 (aged 53)
Almasbei Ivanovich Kchach ( Russian: Алмасбей Иванович Кчач) was a former government member and vice-presidential candidate from Abkhazia who committed suicide when investigators came to arrest him in connection with an assassination attempt on President Alexander Ankvab. [1]
On 2 June 1996, President Vladislav Ardzinba appointed Almasbei Kchach to succeed Givi Agrba as interior minister. Kchach had up until that point been head of Ardzinba's own security office. [2] He remained in that position until 2 July 2001, when he was replaced by Supreme Court Judge Zurab Agumava. [3] However, Kchach again became interior minister on 1 November after Agumava was appointed to head the State Security Service. [4] [5]
On 8 May 2003, after the appointment of Raul Khajimba as prime minister, Kchach was again replaced as interior minister, by Abesalom Beia. [6] On 6 June, he was appointed Secretary of the Security Council, [7] succeeding Astamur Tarba who had been made Vice-Premier. [8] Kchach stayed on in this position until the end of Ardzinba's presidency in 2005. [1]
After Sergei Bagapsh succeeded Vladislav Ardzinba as president in 2005, Almasbei Kchach joined the new opposition and unsuccessfully participated in a number of elections. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, he made it to the second round of the election in the eighth constituency ( Pitsunda), but narrowly lost the run-off with 1195 to 1263 votes. [9] In the 2009 presidential election Kchach ran as vice presidential candidate under businessman Beslan Butba. The pair came in fourth place with 8.25% of the vote share. [1] [10] Kchach again tried to win constituency number eight in the 2012 parliamentary elections, but failed to pass the first round, achieving a 24.90% third place. [11]