Abkhazian linguist and politician
Viacheslav Chirikba is a linguist and politician from Abkhazia. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia between 2011 and 2016.
Personal life.
Chirikba was born on 17 March 1959 in Gagra. From 1966 until 1976, he attended School No.5 in Gagra. Chirikba is married and has three sons.
Academic career.
In 2020, he was appointed as the head of the Department of Geopolitics at the Centre for Strategic Studies under the President of Abkhazia.
Journals and academic organisations.
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Diplomatic and political career.
On 11 October 2011, Chirikba was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs by newly elected President Alexander Ankvab. On 17 October 2014, Chirikba was one of few government members to be re-appointed in the cabinet of Prime Minister Beslan Butba following the May 2014 Revolution and subsequent election of Raul Khajimba as president. Chirikba was again re-appointed under Prime Minister Artur Mikvabia, but on 20 September 2016, after the appointment of Beslan Bartsits as Prime Minister, he released a statement in which he announced his resignation because he was unable to continue in his post under the current circumstances. On 4 October Chirikba's successor Daur Kove was appointed.
Vice Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the State Program of the Abkhaz Language Development.
He is the founder and chairman of Humanitarian Fund "International Centre for Information and Documentation about Abkhazia".
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