Jemal Gamakharia ( ; born 10 January 1949 ) is a Georgian politician . Being a native of Georgia 's autonomous republic of Abkhazia and a member of the local legislature since 1991 , Gvazava was forced , along with most of the region 's Georgian population , to flee the secessionist victory in Abkhazia in 1993 . On 8 April 2019 he was elected chairman of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia , based in exile in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi
Georgian population
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Jemal Gamakharia