Abkhaz Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia

The First Secretary of the Abkhaz regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the SSR Abkhazia (1921–1931) and the Abkhaz ASSR (1931–1991) in the Georgian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created on February 14, 1921, and abolished in 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Abkhazia

Name	Term of Office		Life years
	Start	End
Chairman of the Organization Bureau
N.E. Zhvaniya	February 14, 1921	1921
First Secretaries of the Communist Party
G. Krishtof	March 29, 1921	1921
Pyotr Agniashvili (Agniev)	1921	1921	1898–1937
Larionov	1921	1921
Nikolay Svanidze	September 1921	January 1922	1895–1937
S.A. Gubeliya-Mezdmarishvili	1922	1922
Nikolay Akirtava	1922	1923	1894–1937
G.M. Makarov	1923	1924
Yervand Asribekov	April 1924	January 1925	1898–1937
Georgy Sturua	1925	1927	1884–1956
Aleksand Amas (Amirbekov)	1928	1929	1904–1938
Pavel Meladze	1929	1930	1898–1937
Vladimir Ladariya	1930	January 17, 1936	1900–1937
Aleksey Agrba	January 17, 1936	February 18, 1937	1897–1938
Kirill Bechvaya	1937	1940	1903–?
Mikhail Baramiya	1940	February 20, 1943	1905–?
Akaki Mgeladze	February 20, 1943	November 1951	1910–1980
Shota Getiya	December 1951	April 21, 1953	1904–?
Grigory Karchava	April 21, 1953	October 2, 1953	1907–?
Georgy Gegeshidze	October 2, 1953	January 1956	1924–1971
Otar Gotsiridze	January 1956	1958	1919–
Mikhail Bgazhba	February 1958	September 1965	1915–1993
Valerian Kobakhia	September 1965	1975	1929–1992
Valery Khintba	1975	February 1978	1940–
Boris Adlejba	February 1978	April 6, 1989	1931–1990
Vladimir Khishba	April 1989	1991	1936–

See also

• Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia
• Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Sources

• WorldStatesmen.org