Apollon Shinkuba

Apollon Shinkuba
Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 July 2016
Preceded byKonstantin Ozgan
Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation of Abkhazia
In office
2000 – 27 June 2001
Prime MinisterViacheslav Tsugba
Preceded byGivi Dopua
Succeeded byGivi Dopua
Personal details
Born (1946-04-07) April 7, 1946 (age 78)
Tkhin, Ochamchira District
NationalityAbkhaz

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

  1. ^ a b "Аполлон Шинкуба избран председателем Совета старейшин Абхазии". Apsnypres. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation of Abkhazia
2000–2001 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia
2016–present 		Succeeded by
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