Rauf Tsimtsba

Rauf Tsimtsba
Minister for Taxes and Fees of Abkhazia
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 April 2015
President Raul Khajimba
Prime Minister Artur Mikvabia
Preceded by Office established
In office
4 April 2011 – 15 October 2014
President Sergei Bagapsh
Alexander Ankvab
Valeri Bganba (Acting)
Prime Minister Sergei Shamba
Leonid Lakerbaia
Vladimir Delba (Acting)
Preceded by Vakhtang Pipia
Succeeded by Office abolished

Rauf Tsimtsba is the current Minister for Taxes and Fees of Abkhazia in the Government of President Khajimba. He had previously been Minister for Taxes and Fees in the Governments of President Bagapsh and President Ankvab. Tsimtsba was appointed on 4 April 2011 by Sergei Bagapsh to succeed Vakhtang Pipia, who had been appointed Vice Premier on 30 March. Before that, Tsimtsba had headed the Department for the Taxation of Legal Entities within the ministry.[1][2] Following the Death of Bagapsh one month later and the election of Alexander Ankvab, Tsimtsba was re-appointed on 11 October.[3]

When Raul Khajimba was elected as President in 2014, he abolished the Ministry for Taxes and Fees on 15 October, turning it into the State Tax Service, which Tsimtsba was appointed to head on 17 October.[4][5] Following the appointment of Artur Mikvabia as Prime Minister, Khajimba re-established the Ministry for Taxes and Fees, and Tsimtsba was re-appointed as Minister on 8 April 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Вахтанг Пипия назначен вице-премьером правительства Абхазии (in Russian). Apsnypress. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Рауф Цимцба назначен министром по налогам и сборам (in Russian). Apsnypress. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Президент Александр Анкваб подписал указы о назначении министров". Apsnypress. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Khajimba, Raul (15 October 2014). "Утверждена структура Кабинета Министров Республики Абхазия". Office of information and mass-media of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Указ Президента "О руководителях центральных органов государственного управления Республики Абхазия"". Apsnypress. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Президент Абхазии подписал Указы о назначениях". Apsnypress. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.