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Vladislav Ardzinba

1945 - 2010

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Vladislav Ardzinba (Abkhaz: Владислав Арӡынба, Georgian: ვლადისლავ არძინბა; 14 May 1945 – 4 March 2010) was an Abkhaz historian and politician who served as the first de facto president of Abkhazia. Ardzinba led Abkhazia to de facto independence in the 1992–1993 War with Georgia, but its de jure independence from Georgia remained internationally unrecognised during Ardzinba's two terms as President from 1994 to 2005. His government orchestrated ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in Abkhazia in 1993. A noted specialist in Hittitology, he was a member of the first parliament to be elected democratically in the Soviet Union in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladislav Ardzinba is the 8,306th most popular politician (down from 7,678th in 2024). (down from 1,377th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Vladislav Ardzinba ranks 8,307 out of 19,576. Before him are Lykourgos, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, Nitobe Inazō, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Hayam Wuruk, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro. After him are Manuel Marulanda, Gjúki, Zhou Yongkang, Shaul Mofaz, and Hannibal Hamlin.

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Among people born in 1945, Vladislav Ardzinba ranks 191. Before him are Robert Cialdini, Charles Greene, Rhonda Byrne, Roland Joffé, Gunther von Hagens, and Jaclyn Smith. After him are Henry Winkler, Bobby Solo, Li Dong-woon, Tommy Smith, Mimsy Farmer, and Pakalitha Mosisili. Among people deceased in 2010, Vladislav Ardzinba ranks 95. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Orlando Peçanha, Richard Holbrooke, Irvin Kershner, André Kolingba, and Fess Parker. After him are Lynn Redgrave, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Tomáš Špidlík, Miguel Delibes, John Leslie, and Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal.

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