Elguja " Gia " Gvazava ( ) ( born February 22 , 1952 ) 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 . From March 20 , 2009 , to April 8 , 2019 , he served a chairman of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia , based in exile in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi
Georgian population
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Elguja Gvazava