Nuri Gezerdaa

Nuri Gezerdaa (19 June 1959 – 13 April 2016) was an Abkhaz politician

Early life and education

Gezerdaa was born on 19 June 1959 in Gudauta and graduated from school no. 1 there. In 1980, he graduated from the biological and geographical faculty of the Abkhazian State University. He went to the higher party school in Baku in 1985 and upon his graduation two years later became a senior lecturer at the Department of Philosophy. In 1988 he entered the graduate school of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, where he defended his PhD thesis in 1991.[1]

Political career

In January 1993, Gezerdaa was appointed deputy chairman of the State Committee for Repatriation. Between 1995 and 1997, he was first deputy head of the Gudauta District. In 1997, he was appointed Vice Premier by President Vladislav Ardzinba.[1] When Anri Jergenia became Prime Minister in 2001, Gezerdaa was not re-appointed. On 19 July 2001, culture minister Vladimir Zantaria was appointed as his successor.[2]

Death

Gezerdaa died on 13 April 2016 after a long illness.[1]

References
  1. "На 57 году жизни скончался государственный и общественный деятель Нури Гезердаа". Apsnypress. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. "Coffee News". Apsnypress (in Russian). 19 July 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2011.


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