Otar Khetsia

Otar Mikhailovich Khetsia (Russian: Отар Михайлович Хеция; born 19 February 1965) has twice been Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia.

Otar Khetsia
Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia
In office
20 October 2011 – 4 August 2014
PresidentAlexander Ankvab
Valeri Bganba
Prime MinisterLeonid Lakerbaia
Vladimir Delba
Preceded byLeonid Dzapshba
Succeeded byRaul Lolua
Secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia
In office
18 August 2010 – 7 December 2011
PresidentSergei Bagapsh
Preceded byAleksandr Voinskiy
Succeeded byStanislav Lakoba
Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia
In office
25 February 2005 – 12 August 2010
PresidentSergei Bagapsh
Prime MinisterAlexander Ankvab
Sergei Shamba
Preceded byAbesalom Beia
Succeeded byRamin Gablaia
Personal details
Born (1965-02-19) 19 February 1965
Gagra, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

Career

Otar Khetsia was first appointed Interior Minister after the election of President Sergei Bagapsh in 2005.

On 12 August 2010, Otar Khetsia was dismissed as Interior Minister and on 18 August, appointed Secretary of the State Security Council. He was temporarily succeeded by his First Deputy Minister Ramin Gablaia until First Deputy Minister of Taxes and Fees Leonid Dzapshba was appointed the new Minister of the Interior on 22 September.[1][2][3]

After the election of President Alexander Ankvab following the sudden death of Bagapsh, Khetsia was again appointed as Interior Minister on 20 October 2011.[4]

Following the resignation of Alexander Ankvab as a result of the 2014 Abkhazian Revolution, Khetsia went on paid leave, and on 9 June Raul Lolua, Head of the State Security Service's Special Forces Centre, was appointed First Deputy Minister to carry out his duties.[5] On 4 August, acting President Valeri Bganba dismissed Khetsia and appointed Lolua as Acting Minister.[6]

In the run-up to the 2016 presidential recall referendum, Khetsia co-signed an appeal with Lolua and his predecessor Abesalom Beia to President Raul Khajimba to dismiss then Interior Minister Leonid Dzapshba over a speech he had given to officials at the Ministry that angered opposition activists, who claimed Dzapshba had pressured the officials not to participate in the referendum and threatened them with dismissal.[7] Dzapshba was eventually suspended on 5 July after some opposition activists had stormed the Ministry.[8][9]

References
  1. Указом Президента Республики Абхазия С. В. Багапша Хеция Отар Михайлович освобожден от должности министра внутренних дел Республики Абхазия в связи с переводом на другую работу. Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия (in Russian). 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. "New Chief of Abkhaz NSC Appointed". Civil Georgia. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  3. Леонид Дзяпшба назначен министром внутренних дел. Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия (in Russian). 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. "Назначены министры образования, внутренних дел, труда и соцразвития". Apsnypress. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. "Владимир Делба призвал всех руководителей министерств и ведомств более ответственно и внимательно относиться к работе". Apsnypress. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. "Отар Хеция освобожден от исполнения обязанностей министра внутренних дел Республики Абхазия". Apsnypress. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. "ЭКС-МИНИСТРЫ ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ ОТАР ХЕЦИЯ, РАУЛЬ ЛОЛУА И АБЕССАЛОМ БЕЙЯ ПРЕДЛАГАЮТ ПРЕЗИДЕНТУ ОТПРАВИТЬ В ОТСТАВКУ МИНИСТРА ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ ЛЕОНИДА ДЗАПШАБА". Abkhazia Inform. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. "Леонид Дзапшба временно отстранён от исполнения обязанностей министра внутренних дел". Apsnypress. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. "Алексей Ломия: речь идет об организации массовых беспорядков". Apsnypress. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.


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