Maxim Gvinjia

Maxim Gvinjia
Максим Ӷәынџьиа
მაქსიმ ღვინჯია
7th Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia
In office
26 February 2010  11 October 2011
President Sergei Bagapsh
Alexander Ankvab
Prime Minister Sergei Shamba
Preceded by Sergei Shamba
Succeeded by Viacheslav Chirikba
Personal details
Born 13 March 1976
Sukhumi
Alma mater Gorlovsky State Institute for Foreign Languages

Maxim Gvinjia (Abkhaz: Максим Ӷәынџьиа, Georgian: მაქსიმ ღვინჯია) is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia. Before he was appointed on 26 February 2010 to replace Sergei Shamba,[1] Gvinjia had served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs since 1 March 2004.[2]

Early life and career

Gvinjia was born on 13 March 1976 in Sukhumi. In 1998, he graduated from the Gorlovsky State Institute for Foreign Languages in Ukraine. Gvinjia is a member of the Abkhazian Committee to Ban Land Mines and has written a number of papers on the subject.[3]

References

  1. "New Abkhaz FM Appointed". Civil Georgia. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. "Предыдущие Министры и их Заместители". 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  3. "Заместители". 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2010.