Valeri Bganba

Valeri Bganba
President of Abkhazia Acting
In office 13 January 2020 – 23 April 2020
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Raul Khajimba
Succeeded by	Aslan Bzhania
In office 1 June 2014 – 25 September 2014
Prime Minister	Vladimir Delba (Acting)
Preceded by	Alexander Ankvab
Succeeded by	Raul Khajimba
13th Prime Minister of Abkhazia
In office 18 September 2018 – 23 April 2020
President	Raul Khajimba Himself (acting)
Preceded by	Daur Arshba (Acting)
Succeeded by	Alexander Ankvab
Personal details
Born	(1953-08-26) 26 August 1953 (age 70) Bzyb, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Kuban State Agrarian University

Valeri Ramshukhovich Bganba (Russian: Валерий Рамшухович Бганба; born 26 August 1953) is an Abkhazian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Abkhazia from 18 September 2018 to 23 April 2020 and as the acting President of Abkhazia from 13 January to 23 April 2020. Prior to that he was the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia from 2012 until 2017. He was elected as speaker on 3 April 2012^[1] and was succeeded by Valery Kvarchia on 12 April 2017.^[2] Bganba became acting President on 1 June 2014, following the resignation of Alexander Ankvab as a result of the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis. On 25 September 2014 he was replaced by Raul Khajimba, the winner of the presidential elections on 24 August.