Apollon Shinkuba

Apollon Shinkuba
Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia
Assumed office
15 July 2016
Preceded by Konstantin Ozgan
Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation of Abkhazia
In office
2000  27 June 2001
Prime Minister Viacheslav Tsugba
Preceded by Givi Dopua
Succeeded by Givi Dopua
Personal details
Born (1946-04-07) April 7, 1946
Tkhin, Ochamchira district
Nationality Abkhaz

Apollon Shinkuba is a retired politician from Abkhazia and the current Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia.

Early life and career

Apollon Shinkuba was born on 7 April 1946 in the village of Tkhin, Ochamchira District. He graduated from the philological faculty of the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute in 1975. Between 1994 and 1997, Shinkuba served as deputy Chief of Staff of the Abkhazian Military. Between 2000 and 2001, he was Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation. Shinkuba retired from the army in 2007 with the rank of Colonel.[1]

Chairman of the Council of Elders

Shinkuba was unanimously elected Chairman of the Council of Elders on 15 July 2016, following the death in March of his predecessor Konstantin Ozgan.[1]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Givi Dopua
Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation of Abkhazia
20002001
Succeeded by
Givi Dopua
Preceded by
Konstantin Ozgan
Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia
2016present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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