Aslan Abashidze

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Aslan Abashidze
ასლან აბაშიძე
Abashidze in 2002
1st Chairman of the Government of Adjara
In office 18 August 1991 – 5 May 2004
President	Eduard Shevardnadze Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Levan Varshalomidze
Chairman of Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
In office 15 March 1991 – 2001
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Antaz Kikava
Chairman of Democratic Union for Revival
In office 1992–2004
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Deputy Chairman of Parliament of Georgia
In office 1990–1995
Member Of Parliament of Georgia
In office 1990–2004
Personal details
Born	(1938-07-20) 20 July 1938 (age 86) Batumi, Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet (1938–1991) Georgian (1991–)
Political party	Round Table—Free Georgia (1990–1992) Democratic Union for Revival (1992–2004)
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
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Aslan Abashidze (Georgian: ასლან აბაშიძე; born 20 July 1938) is the former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia. He served in this capacity from 18 August^{[citation needed]} 1991 to 5 May 2004. He resigned under the pressure of the central Georgian government and mass opposition rallies during the 2004 Adjara crisis, and has since lived in Moscow, Russia. On 22 January 2007, the Batumi city court found him guilty of misuse of office and embezzlement of GEL 98.2 million in state funds, and sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment in absentia. He also faces a charge of murder of his former deputy, Nodar Imnadze, in 1991.^[2]