Inal Ardzinba

Inal Batuvych Ardzinba (Abkhazian: Инал Арӡынба, Russian: Инал Батувич Ардзинба; born 26 July 1990) is the current Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.

Inal Ardzinba
Инал Арӡынба (Abkhazian)
Инал Батувич Ардзинба (Russian)
10th Minister for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
18 November 2021
Preceded byDaur Kove
Personal details
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990
Sukhumi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Alma materHigher School of Economics, Moscow

In 2013, he became a member of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.[1]

Beginning in 2014, Ardzinba worked in the federal Russian administration, eventually becoming deputy of Vladislav Surkov, then an Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. In 2016, he played a prominent role in the Surkov leaks.[2]

Ardzinba pleads for the BRICS to play a leading role in world politics, after Russia was expelled from the Group of Eight.[3] He had attended the Youth 8 Summit in Washington, D.C. as part of the Russian delegation.[4]

January 2020, Ardzinba founded the Future of Abkhazia party.[5] Until then he was considered to be close to the party Amtsakhara.[6] Shortly thereafter, Ardzinba supported then-opposition candidate Aslan Bzhania in the 2020 Abkhazian presidential election.[6]

In 2021, president Bzhania appointed Ardzinba to be the foreign minister of Abkhazia.[7] His appointment was a surprise for many experts on the region.[8] He is the youngest man to ever hold the office.[9]

According to Yevgeny Yasin, Vladislav Ardzinba is Inal Ardzinba's uncle.[10]

See also

References
  1. Инал Ардзинба, выпускник факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики, hse.ru 16 October 2013.
  2. Alya Shandra/Robert William Henry Seely: The Surkov Leaks The Inner Workings of Russia's Hybrid War in Ukraine The Surkov Leaks The Inner Workings of Russia's Hybrid War in Ukraine, researchgate.net July 2019.
  3. Инал Ардзинба: БРИКС вместо «большой восьмерки», iz.ru 23 June 2014.
  4. Inal Ardzinba – Roadmap to Kremlin's Policy in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region, kremlin-roadmap.gfsis.org (without date).
  5. Инал Ардзинба возглавил платформу "Будущее Абхазии", news.rambler.ru 29 January 2020.
  6. Zaal Anjaparidze: Changes in the Separatist Abkhazian Government and Implications for Relations With Tbilisi, jamestown.org 15 June 2020.
  7. The president introduced the new Foreign Minister of Abkhazia to the team, abkhazworld.com 18 November 2021.
  8. Inal Khashig: New foreign minister appointed in Abkhazia. What does it mean?, jam-news.net 18 November 2021.
  9. Inal Ardzinba: Kremlin’s Man in Sokhumi?, civil.ge 24 November 2021.
  10. Екатерина Лазарева: Новое имя. О ком спорят Саакашвили и Захарова, ura.news 3 April 2016.
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