 The de facto minister of finance estimated, in 2006, that 35 per cent of Abkhazia's budget was spent on the military and police.On 8 May 2007, Minister of Defence and Vice Premier Sultan Sosnaliyev resigned.He was succeeded as Defence Minister (but not as Vice Premier) by First Deputy Defence Minister Mirab Kishmaria, in an acting fashion from 10 May and permanently from 26 July onwards.