Member of Parliament for Constituency no. 30 (Tkvarcheli)
In office 3 April 2012 – 7 October 2014
Preceded by
Daur Arshba
Succeeded by
Taifun Ardzinba
Chairman of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia
In office 12 May 2010 – 31 March 2015
Preceded by
Daur Arshba Astamur Tania
Succeeded by
Daur Arshba
Vice President of Abkhazia
In office 12 February 2005 – 28 May 2009
President
Sergei Bagapsh
Preceded by
Valery Arshba
Succeeded by
Alexander Ankvab
5th Prime Minister of Abkhazia
In office 22 April 2003 – 6 October 2004
President
Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by
Gennady Gagulia
Succeeded by
Nodar Khashba
Minister for Defence
In office 19 December 2002 – 22 April 2003
Prime Minister
Gennady Gagulia
Preceded by
Vladimir Mikanba
Succeeded by
Viacheslav Eshba
First Vice Premier of Abkhazia
In office 18 June 2001 – 22 April 2003
Prime Minister
Anri Jergenia Gennady Gagulia
Preceded by
Beslan Kubrava
Succeeded by
Astamur Tarba
Head of the State Security Service
In office December 1999 – 1 November 2001
President
Vladislav Ardzinba
Preceded by
Astamur Tarba
Succeeded by
Zurab Agumava
Personal details
Born
(1958-03-21) 21 March 1958 (age 66) Tkvarcheli, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality
Abkhaz
Political party
Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia
Spouse
Saida Kuchuberiya
Children
2
Alma mater
Abkhazian State University
Raul Jumkovich Khajimba (Abkhaz: Рауль Џьумка-иԥа Ҳаџьымба, Georgian: რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served as President of Abkhazia from 25 September 2014 until 12 January 2020. He was also Chairman of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia from 2010 to 2015. Khajimba previously held the offices of Vice President (2005–2009), Prime Minister (2003–2004) and Defence Minister (2002–2003). He unsuccessfully ran for president in 2004, 2009 and 2011. He resigned the presidency in 2020 due to protests against him.
Raul Jumkovich Khajimba (Abkhaz: Рауль Џьумка-иԥа Ҳаџьымба, Georgian: რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served...
oppositional political party in Abkhazia. It is led by former President RaulKhajimba (also the former Prime Minister and former Vice President). The FNUA...
minister. The 2014 presidential election was won by opposition leader RaulKhajimba, who on 29 September 2014 appointed Beslan Butba as the new prime minister...
Abkhazian political crisis. On 25 September 2014 he was replaced by RaulKhajimba, the winner of the presidential elections on 24 August. Valeri Bganba...
Ankvab's headquarters in Sukhumi were stormed by opposition groups led by RaulKhajimba, forcing him into flight to Gudauta in what Ankvab denounced as an "armed...
Bagapsh ran for President against RaulKhajimba, Ardzinba's choice, and originally was forecast as losing to Khajimba. A political crisis followed, with...
footballer Raúl Juliá (1940–1994), Puerto Rican actor RaulKhajimba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia Raul Kivilo (born 1973), Estonian archer Raul Mälk (born...
RaulKhajimba went on to win the election, but this prompted protests and in January 2020 the Abkhazian Supreme Court annulled the results. Khajimba resigned...
incumbent President RaulKhajimba of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia and Alkhas Kvitsinia of Amtsakhara. Khajimba was subsequently re-elected...
official results released by the Central Election Commission on 26 August, RaulKhajimba was elected in the first round. "ЦИК Абхазии начал подготовку к выборам...
session to which also Vice President Valery Arshba, Prime Minister RaulKhajimba, the cabinet and the general public were invited, the Parliament set...
vote difference. Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of RaulKhajimba as President, on 28 October 2014 he replaced Ardzinba as Mayor with...
Anatoly Khrulyov was appointed Chief of the General Staff by President RaulKhajimba. It is also divided into the following Military Districts: Central Military...
under the President was abolished and Otyrba was formally dismissed by RaulKhajimba on 4 May 2016. Otyrba is a native speaker of Abkhaz and Russian, speaks...
their citizens against travelling to Abkhazia. According to President RaulKhajimba, over the summer of 2015, thousands of tourists visited Abkhazia.[unreliable...
president, but Ardzinba instead decided to back then-Prime Minister RaulKhajimba. On 24 June 2004, Gagulia was again appointed head of the Chamber of...
18 September. Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of RaulKhajimba as president, he on 22 October dismissed Labakhua and again appointed...
sole opposition party. The congress unanimously called upon president RaulKhajimba to appoint a member of the opposition to the post of Prime Minister...
with First Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee RaulKhajimba. On 18 June 2001, Khajimba also became First Vice Premier, and on 1 November he was...
2011. Following the May 2014 revolution and the election of President RaulKhajimba, Gunba was replaced as minister by Elvira Arsalia. He was elected as...
elections were held in Abkhazia. In the elections, Russia supported RaulKhajimba, the prime-minister backed by seriously ailing outgoing separatist President...
election of RaulKhajimba as president, he participated in the 21 December by-election in Constituency no. 24 that had become necessary after Khajimba had appointed...
the Presidential Administration, having been appointed by President RaulKhajimba on 10 October 2016, and Chairman of the pro-government Forum for the...
election on 10 January, and the subsequent resignation of President RaulKhajimba due to protests against his presidency. Aslan Bzhania was considered...
four opposition candidates: former vice president and prime minister RaulKhajimba, who came second behind Bagapsh in the 2004 presidential election, and...
He is currently deputy Head of the Presidential Administration under RaulKhajimba. In the past, he has served as Minister for Economy and as Minister...
appointed permanently on 15 October 2014 by newly elected President RaulKhajimba. In May 2015, following two confrontations between police officers and...
February 2005 29 May 2011 † 6 years, 106 days United Abkhazia 2005 2009 RaulKhajimba (2005 – 2009) Alexander Ankvab (2009 – 2011) – Alexander Ankvab (born...
Both were forced from office in the May 2014 revolution, after which RaulKhajimba, whom Bagapsh had defeated in 2004, was elected president. On 27 July...