Vladislav Ardzinba Владислав Арӡынба
Vladislav Ardzinba in Moscow in 1996
1st President of Abkhazia
In office 26 November 1994 – 12 February 2005
Vice President	Valery Arshba
Succeeded by	Sergei Bagapsh
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Abkhazia
In office 8 November 1990 – 27 December 1991
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Abkhazia
In office 1990–1994
Deputy of the Supreme Soviet
In office 1987–1989
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-14)May 14, 1945 Lower Eshera, Sukhumi District, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR
Died	March 4, 2010(2010-03-04) (aged 64) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Abkhaz
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Jergenia
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Vladislav Ardzinba (Abkhaz: Владислав Арӡынба, Georgian: ვლადისლავ არძინბა; 14 May 1945 – 4 March 2010) was the first de facto President of Abkhazia.

Ardzinba led Abkhazia to de facto independence in the 1992–1993 War with Georgia, but its de jure independence from Georgia remained internationally unrecognised during Ardzinba's two terms as President from 1994 to 2005.

Ardzinba died at a Moscow hospital from a long-illness on 4 March 2018 at the age of 64.^[1]

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