Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia
Incumbent Maxim Gvinjia since 26 February 2010
Appointer	President of Abkhazia
Term length	no limit
Inaugural holder	Said Tarkil
Formation	17 May 1993

The office of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia was created on 17 May 1993, during the 1992-1993 war with Georgia.^[1] Due to the diplomatic isolation of Abkhazia, which remains widely unrecognised, the role of the foreign minister has been restricted mostly to negotiations over resolving the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] List of people to hold the office

#	Name	Entered office		Left office		President	Comments
1	Said Tarkil	17 May 1993	[1]	December 1993		Vladislav Ardzinba	Acting[1]
2	Sokrat Ajinjal	December 1993	[1]	November 1994	[1]
3	Leonid Ivan-ipa Lakerbaia	29 June 1995	[1]	31 July 1996
4	Konstantin Konstantin-ipa Ozgan	31 July 1996	[1]	April 1997
5	Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba	7 May 1997	[1]	18 June 2004	[1]		First time
6	Gueorgui Otyrba	18 June 2004	[1]	28 July 2004	[1]		Acting[1]
7	Igor Murat-ipa Akhba	28 July 2004	[2]	14 December 2004	[3]
8	Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba	14 December 2004	[3]	21 March 2005	[4]		Second time
		21 March 2005	[5]	26 February 2010		Sergei Bagapsh
9	Maxim Gvinjia	26 February 2010	[6]	Incumbent

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