Vladislav Ardzinba

Vladislav Ardzinba (, ; 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.

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Category:1945 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:Presidents of Abkhazia