Malkhaz Akishbaia

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Malkhaz Akishbaia (Abkhaz: Малхас Акышьбаиа, Georgian: მალხაზ აკიშბაია; born May 6, 1972) is an ethnic Abkhaz politician and the Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers of the de jure Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia (GARA). Born in Gudavi, Gali district, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, in 1972, Akishbaia graduated from Kiev University in 1994 and finished his master’s degree at University of Oxford. He worked for the ministries of economics (1999-2001) and defense (2004) and for the National Security Council of Georgia (2004). From December 2004 to March 2006, he served as a minister of finances within the GARA and became the chair of this government in March 2006. His government is currently headquartered in Upper Abkhazia.