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Zurab Agumava
Zurab Agumava
Head of the Supreme Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 July 2015
Preceded by	Roman Mushba
Prosecutor General; (acting)
	In office; 6 June 2014 – 7 October 2014
Preceded by	Saferbei Mikanba
Succeeded by	Aleksei Lomia
Military Prosecutor
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2006
Preceded by	?
Head of Sukhumi District
	In office; 2 April 2003 – 2006
President	Vladislav Ardzinba; Sergei Bagapsh
Preceded by	Lev Avidzba
Succeeded by	Vladimir Avidzba
Head of the State Security Service
	In office; 1 November 2001 – 2 April 2003
President	Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by	Raul Khajimba
Succeeded by	Givi Agrba
Minister for Internal Affairs
	In office; 2 July 2001 – 1 November 2001
President	Vladislav Ardzinba
Prime Minister	Anri Jergenia
Preceded by	Almasbei Kchach
Succeeded by	Almasbei Kchach
Personal details
Born	1961 (age 63–64); Eshera

Zurab Mikhailovich Agumava (Russian: Зураб Михайлович Агумава; born 1961) is the head of the Supreme Court and a former politician from Abkhazia.

Early life

Agumava was born in 1961 in the village of Eshera and was educated in the local school. In 1987, Agumava graduated in jurisprudence from the Abkhazian State University.^[1]

Career

Following his graduation, Agumava joined the Security Service. During the 1992–93 war with Georgia, he led counterintelligence on the Gumista front. Agumava was promoted first to deputy head in 1993 and then, after the end of the war in December 1993, head of military counterintelligence of Abkhazia. Between 1995 and May 1999, he held several senior posts in the Security Service and the Military Prosecution. In May 1999, Zurab Agumava was elected as a Supreme Court judge.^[1]

Interior Minister and Security Service Head

On 2 April Agumava was appointed Interior Minister by President Vladislav Ardzinba on 2 July 2001.^[2] On 1 November 2001, Agumava succeeded Raul Khajimba as Head of the State Security Service.^[3]^[4] On 2 April 2003, Agumava was appointed acting Head of the Sukhumi District,^[5] a post which he continued to hold until Ardzinba's successor Sergei Bagapsh appointed him Military Prosecutor in 2006.^[1]

Head of the Supreme Court

On 6 June 2014, Agumava was appointed acting Prosecutor General after the dismissal of Saferbei Mikanba following the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis.^[6] On 9 September, this appointment was extended by acting President Valeri Bganba until 7 October 2014, on which date Parliament elected Aleksei Lomia.^[7]^[8]

On 30 July, Agumava elected Head of the Supreme Court by Parliament, to succeed Roman Mushba who had announced his resignation, co-inciding with the end of his mandate.^[9]^[10]