- Vyacheslav Tsugba
Infobox Prime Minister
name=Vyacheslav Tsugba
order=5thPrime Minister of Abkhazia
term_start=December 1999
term_end=May 2001
president=Vladislav Ardzinba
predecessor=Sergei Bagapsh
successor=Anri Djergenia
order2 = Chairman of theCentral Election Commission of Abkhazia
term_start2 =1991
term_end2 =1999
deputy2 =
president2 =
predecessor2 =
successor2 =
birth_date=Birth date and age|1944|01|01|mf=y
birth_place=Aatsy ,Gudauta district ,Abkhazian ASSR ,Georgian SSR ,Soviet Union
party=
religion=
spouse=Vyacheslav Tsugba (born
1944 ) was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia (a de facto independent republic of Georgia) from December1999 to June2001 . Before his appointment as Prime Minister, Tsugba had headed the Central Election Committee, which had overseen the internationally unrecognized1999 referendum on independence.Tsugba's time as Prime Minister was marked by a relative thawing of tensions between Abkhazia and Georgia. While Tsugba, like all the other Prime Ministers, strongly opposed any idea of reunification with Georgia, and highly criticised cross-border raids by Georgian paramilitaries, he managed to demilitarise the conflict to a degree. This was highlighted by an agreement signed in July 2000, where both sides agreed not to settle the conflict by force. He tended to negotiate alongside foreign minister
Sergey Shamba , rather than handling negotiations himself.Tsugba resigned after being criticised by several opposition rallies, mainly led by the
Amtsakhara movement. His official explanation of his resignation stated that "serious problems have arisen in connection with lawmaking, the professional qualifications of personnel at all levels of administration, from the highest to the lowest, with their accountability and the need to improve management and increase strict control and institute an uncompromising fight against crime."Tsugba has been a member of the
People's Assembly of Abkhazia since 2002.References
*cite web
url=http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/publish/no5_ses/p158_200.pdf
title=p158_200.pdf
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accessdate = 2008-08-22
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