caption death_date successor death_place birth_place imagesize nationality article_title office birth_date order term_start spouse image signature term_end name
vladislav ardzinba on a 1996 abkhazian stamp 4 march 2010 sergei bagapsh moscow , russia lower georgian ssr , ussr eshera , sukhumi district , abkhazian assr , 260px abkhaz vladislav ardzinba
 president of abkhazia 14 may 1945 1st of the supreme soviet of abkhazia deputy of the supreme leader soviet of the communist party of abkhazia chairman 26 november 1994 8 november 1990 1990 1987 svetlana jergenia vladislav ardzinba 1996 abkhazia stamp.jpg vladislav ardzinba signature.svg 12 february 2005 27 december 1991 1994 1989 vladislav ardzinba Владислав Арӡынба
vladislav ardzinba

vladislav ardzinba -lrb- , ; 14 may 1945 -- 4 march 2010 -rrb- was the first `` de facto '' president of abkhazia .
a historian by education , 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 .
he was a member of the first parliament to be elected democratically in the soviet union in 1989 .
