Sergei Bagapsh

Sergei Bagapsh
Сергеи Багаԥшь
სერგეი ბაგაფში
Bagapsh in 2008
2nd President of Abkhazia
In office
12 February 2005 – 29 May 2011
Prime Minister
Vice President
Preceded byVladislav Ardzinba
Succeeded byAlexander Ankvab
2nd Prime Minister of Abkhazia
In office
29 April 1997 – 20 December 1999
PresidentVladislav Ardzinba
Preceded byGennady Gagulia
Succeeded byViacheslav Tsugba
Personal details
Born(1949-03-04)4 March 1949
Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died29 May 2011(2011-05-29) (aged 62)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyUnited Abkhazia
SpouseMarina Shonia[1]
Alma materGeorgian State University of Subtropical Agriculture
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Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh[a] (4 March 1949 – 29 May 2011) was an Abkhaz politician who served as the second President of Abkhazia from 12 February 2005 until his death on 29 May 2011. He previously served as Prime Minister of Abkhazia from 1997 to 1999. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. Bagapsh's term as prime minister included the 1998 war with Georgia, while he oversaw both the recognition of Abkhazia by Russia and the Russo-Georgian War during his presidency.[citation needed]

Born in 1949 in Sukhumi, Bagapsh became a businessman following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as well as a representative of Abkhazian interests in Russia. Bagapsh became Prime Minister of Abkhazia in 1997, overseeing a brief, but successful, war with Georgia during a high point of tensions and the displacement of 30,000 Georgian civilians. In 2004, Bagapsh founded the United Abkhazia party in opposition to then-President Vladislav Ardzinba.[citation needed]

The same year, Bagapsh ran for President against Raul Khajimba, Ardzinba's choice, and originally was forecast as losing to Khajimba. A political crisis followed, with the Supreme Court of Abkhazia declaring Bagapsh the winner and protests against the election both by supporters of Bagapsh and Khajimba. The two eventually ran on a national unity ticket, with Bagapsh becoming President and Khajimba becoming Vice President in 2005.[citation needed]

As President, Bagapsh lobbied for the international recognition of Abkhazia, eventually receiving recognition from Russia in 2008 following the successful capture of the Kodori Valley in the Russo-Georgian War by Russian and Abkhazian forces. Following the country's recognition by Russia, widespread investment by Russian businesses and pressure to privatise assets drew both support and criticism. Bagapsh successfully won a second term against Khajimba before dying of heart failure on 29 May 2011, due to complications from a surgery to remove cancerous growths on his lung.[citation needed]

Early life and career

Sergei Bagapsh was born on 4 March 1949 at Sukhumi in the Georgian SSR. Throughout most of his life, he had lived in Abkhazia.[2] In his youth, Bagapsh was a member of the Georgian basketball team.[3] Bagapsh graduated from the Georgian State University of Subtropical Agriculture in Sukhumi. During his studies he worked first, in a wine cooperative and later as a security guard for the state bank. In 1972, he fulfilled his military service, worked as the head of a sovkhoz following which he became instructor with the Abkhazian regional committee of the Komsomol.[citation needed]

In 1978, Bagapsh became responsible for information in the central committee of the Komsomol's Georgian branch and in 1980, first secretary of the Abkhazian Regional Committee. In 1982, Sergei Bagapsh became secretary general of the Communist Party in the Ochamchira District. After the fall of communism, Bagapsh became a businessman and the representative of the Abkhazian government in Moscow.[2] From 1995 until 1997, Bagapsh was First Deputy Prime Minister of Abkhazia. On 9 November 1995, Bagapsh was seriously wounded in an attack.[4]

Prime minister

Sergei Bagapsh was appointed to the office of Prime Minister of Abkhazia on 29 April 1997.[citation needed]

Georgian-Abkhazian tensions during Bagapsh's term in office reached a height in May 1998, following attacks by Georgian insurgents on peacekeeping forces from the Commonwealth of Independent States. Subsequently, a military conflict erupted between CIS and Georgian insurgent forces. In the subsequent war, sometimes referred to as the "Six-Day War", Abkhazian forces eliminated the insurgents, and 30,000 Georgian civilians fled Abkhazia.[5]

2004 presidential election

Bagapsh (on left) shaking hands with Dmitry Medvedev and Eduard Kokoity in September 2008 following Russia's recognition of Abkhazia

From 2000 until 2004, Sergei Bagapsh was the managing director of the Abkhazian state-owned power company Chernomorenergo.[6] During the same period, he began to emerge as a likely opposition candidate in the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election. In early 2004, he became one of three leaders of the newly founded opposition party, United Abkhazia.[7] On 20 July 2004, United Abkhazia joined forces with Amtsakhara, another important opposition party, and the two named him as their joint candidate for the coming October presidential elections, beating out other hopefuls, such as former foreign minister Sergey Shamba.[citation needed]

In the elections, Bagapsh and his main opponent, Raul Khajimba, disputed the results. The Abkhaz Electoral Commission originally declared Khajimba to be the winner, with Bagapsh a distant second, but the Supreme Court later found that Bagapsh had actually won with 50.3% of the vote. The court then reversed its decision when Khajimba's supporters stormed the court building. At one point, Bagapsh and his supporters threatened to hold their own inauguration on 6 December 2004. However, in early December, Bagapsh and Khajimba reached an agreement to run together on a national unity ticket. New elections were held on 12 January 2005, with this ticket easily winning. Under the agreement, Bagapsh ran for president and Khajimba ran for vice-president.[citation needed]

Following Bagapsh's election, Russia placed an imports ban on Abkhazia, leading to several tangerines destined for Russian markets rotting at the border.[8] The presidential election and subsequent political crisis was termed by some, including the BBC, as the "Tangerine Revolution", both as a reference to the Rose Revolution in Georgia the year prior and Abkhazia's tangerines.[9]

Recognition of Abkhazia by Russia

In August 2008, the Russo-Georgian War began following the 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis. Following the war, Abkhazia gained control over the Kodori Valley, as well as recognition by Russia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.[10] Following Russia's recognition of Abkhaz independence, Russian businesses began to invest extensively within the country, particularly in real estate, infrastructure, and energy. Pressure began mounting on Bagapsh from Russian sources to hasten economic privatisation in preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics, while Abkhazian political opponents accused him of selling off Abkhazian assets.[8]

2009 Presidential election

Bagapsh first addressed the matter of his candidacy in the 12 December 2009 presidential election when, during a press conference in Moscow on 18 April 2009, he announced that he would probably make use of his constitutional right to run for a second term.[11] Bagapsh was nominated on 27 October by United Abkhazia, with Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab of Aitaira as his vice presidential candidate.[12] On 18 November, Bagapsh received the additional support of the Communist Party of Abkhazia.[13]

Death

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pays his respects to Bagapsh at a service in Moscow on 30 May 2011.

In May 2011, cancerous growths were discovered on Bagapsh's lung. On 21 May, Bagapsh underwent surgery in a Moscow clinic. Though the growths were successfully removed, Bagapsh died on 29 May due to heart failure that resulted from what was described as "complications" from the surgery.[8][14] After the surgery, doctors discovered he had cancer.[15] Alexander Ankvab took over as acting president with an election scheduled to be held on 26 August.[citation needed]

Reactions

Abkhaz parliament speaker Nugzar Ashuba told Russian state television that, although the death was completely unexpected, the situation remains calm.[16]

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev offered his condolences saying: "Bagapsh was a loyal supporter of friendship and alliance with Russia, and he tirelessly worked to deepen close bilateral ties between our countries."[15]

Legacy

Bagapsh on a 2006 stamp of Abkhazia

A state commission was installed to perpetuate the memory of Sergei Bagapsh. On 26 January 2012, the City Council of Sukhumi unanimously accepted a proposal by Mayor Alias Labakhua to rename the Square of the Constitution of the USSR after Bagapsh.[17]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Abkhaz: Сергеи Уасыл-иԥа Багаԥшь, Georgian: სერგეი ბაგაფში, Russian: Сергей Васильевич Багапш, romanizedSergey Vasilyevich Bagapsh

References

  1. ^ "Last respects to President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh". Moscow: Presidential Press and Information Office. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Sergueï Bagapsh". Caucaz.com. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
  3. ^ Melkonian, Ardavadz (19 November 2009). Абхазская пятерка рвется в бой (in Russian). New Caucasus. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. ^ The Jamestown Foundation (13 November 1995). "GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ TALKS BOGGED DOWN". Monitor. 1 (132). Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. ^ "The Army and Society in Georgia" (PDF). The Center for Civil-Military Relations and Security Studies; the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development. May 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  6. ^ "Breakaway Abkhazia Elects New Leader". Civil Georgia. 2 October 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Abkhazia's Leadership Struggle". Institute for War & Peace Reporting. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
  8. ^ a b c Barry, Ellen (30 May 2011). "Sergei V. Bagapsh, 62; Led Abkhazia After Break With Georgia". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Dual power in Sukhumi". BBC News Russian (in Russian). 15 November 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Sergei Bagapsh re-elected president of Abkhazia". BBC. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  11. ^ В Москве состоялась пресс-конференция Президента Абхазии Сергея Багапш (in Russian). Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  12. ^ Kuchuberia, Anzhela (27 October 2009). Багапш будет баллотироваться в президенты Абхазии в паре с Анквабом (in Russian). Caucasian Knot. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  13. ^ Выпуск №555-556-557-558 (in Russian). Apsnypress. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  14. ^ "Abkhazia President Sergei Bagapsh dies at 62". BBC. 29 May 2011.
  15. ^ a b de Carbonnel, Alissa (29 May 2011). "Head of Georgian rebel Abkhazia region dies in Moscow". Reuters.
  16. ^ "Head of Georgia's rebel Abkhazia region dies". 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012.
  17. ^ "ПЛОЩАДЬ КОНСТИТУЦИИ СССР ПЕРЕИМЕНОВАНА В ПЛОЩАДЬ ИМЕНИ СЕРГЕЯ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧА БАГАПШ". Apsnypress. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Abkhazia
1997–1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Abkhazia
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