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Valery Arshba (Abkhaz: Валери Шалва-иҧа Аршба, Russian: Валерий Шалвович Аршба, Georgian: ვალერი არშბა; born 4 October 1949 in Tkvarcheli) was the first Vice President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was first elected to the office on 5 January 1995, under President Vladislav Ardzinba, and the pair was re-elected in the 1999 Presidential election where they ran unopposed. Arshba initially was a candidate in the October 2004 Abkhazian presidential election, but he withdrew just before the start of the campaign period due to pressure from his family. During the post-election crisis that followed, Arshba supported opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh, and when the latter eventually became President following a power-sharing agreement with his rival Raul Khajimba and new elections in January 2005, Valery Arshba was made head of the presidential administration of Abkhazia on 15 February 2005.

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1. "Регистрация средства массовой информации Эл №77 - 8262". Секретные материалы России. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
2. Skakov, Alexander; Alexander Skakov (2005). "Abkhazia at a Crossroads: On the Domestic Political Situation in the Republic of Abkhazia". Iran and the Caucasus. 9 (1): 159–186. doi:10.1163/1573384054068088.
3. Bagapsh, Sergei (2005-02-15). Указ Президента Абхазии №3 от 14.02.2005 (in Russian). Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия. Retrieved 2009-11-10.

v t e Heads of state of Abkhazia
	Valerian Kobakhia Vladislav Ardzinba Valery Arshba (Acting) Sergei Bagapsh Nugzar Ashuba (Acting) Alexander Ankvab Valeri Bganba (Acting) Raul Khadjimba Valeri Bganba (Acting) Aslan Bzhania Badra Gunba (Acting)

v t e Vice presidents of Abkhazia
Republic of Abkhazia	Valery Arshba Raul Khajimba Alexander Ankvab Mikhail Logua Vitali Gabnia Aslan Bartsits Badra Gunba

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