Aslan Bzhania

Aslan Bzhania
Aslan Bzhania
Аслан Бжьаниа
	Bzhania in 2020
President of Abkhazia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 April 2020
Prime Minister	Alexander Ankvab
Vice President	Badr Gunba
Preceded by	Valeri Bganba; (acting)
Head of the State Security Service
	In office; 23 February 2010 – 29 September 2014
President	Sergei Bagapsh; Alexander Ankvab
Preceded by	Iuri Ashuba
Succeeded by	Zurab Margania
Personal details
Born	6 April 1963 (age 61); Tamishi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Abkhazia)
Political party	Independent

Aslan Georgievich Bzhania (Abkhaz: Аслан Гьаргь-иԥа Бжьаниа, romanized: Aslan G'arg'-ipa Bž'ania; Georgian: ასლან გიორგის-ძე ბჟანია, romanized: aslan giorgis-dze bzhania; Russian: Аслан Георгиевич Бжания; born 6 April 1963) is an Abkhaz politician who has served as the President of Abkhazia^{[note 1]} since 23 April 2020. He was the Head of the State Security Service from 2010 to 2014, and one of the leaders of the opposition in Abkhazia from 2016. He ran in the 2019 presidential election, but was forced to withdraw due to poisoning. He won the subsequent 2020 presidential election.
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