Sergei Bagapsh

President of Abkhazia

4 March 1949 Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

29 May 2011(2011-05-29) (62) Moscow, Russia

12 February 2005 – 29 May 2011

Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh (Abkhazian: Сергеи Уасыл-иҧа Багаҧшь , Georgian: სერგეი ბაგაფში , Russian: Сергей Васильевич Багапш ; 4 March 1949 – 29 May 2011) was the second President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and was later elected as President in 2005. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. He died on 29 May 2011, at the age of 62, from complications of surgery.