Daur Vadimovich Kove ( ab, Даур Вадим-иҧа Ақаҩба, russian: Даур Вадимович Кове; born 15 March 1979) was the

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia The office of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia was created on 17 May 1993, during the 1992–1993 war with Georgia. Due to the diplomatic isolation of Abkhazia, which remains widely unrecognised, the role of the foreign m ...

from 2016 until 2021.

Early life

Kove was born on 15 March 1979 in

Sukhumi Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...

. In 2000, he graduated in jurisprudence from the

Bashkir State University , ba, Башҡорт дәүләт университеты , other_name = BashSU , former_name = Ufa Teacher Institute (1909–1919) People's Education Institute (1919–1923) Practic Institute (1923–1929) Temiryazev Bashkir Pedag ...

Career

From 1995 until 2000, Kove was assistant to the Representation of Abkhazia in the Republic of Bashkortostan, and from 2000 until 2009, plenipotentiary representative. In 2005, Kove additionally became head of the International Department of the Foreign Ministry. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Minister. On 9 September 2010, Kobe was appointed Head of the Cabinet Office under Prime Minister

Sergei Shamba Sergei Shamba ( ab, Сергеи Шамба, ka, სერგეი შამბა) is a senior politician from Abkhazia. He is currently a member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia and Chairman of United Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister of A ...

, to succeed Zurab Adleiba who had been appointed as Chairman of the State Repatriation Committee. A year later, Kove was not re-appointed under Prime Minister

Leonid Lakerbaia Leonid Lakerbaia (, ; born 1 January 1947 in Kutaisi), was the Prime Minister of Abkhazia in the Government of President Ankvab from 27 September 2011 until his resignation on 2 June 2014 following the 2014 Abkhazian political crisis. Lakerbaia ...

. In 2011, Kove became teacher in international law at the Sukhumi Open Institute. From June to November 2012, he was head of the legal department of the Office for Emergency Situations and from 2013 until 2014, advisor to the head of the Office for Emergency Situations. Between 2012 and 2014, Kove additionally served as Deputy Director of the Abkhazian branch of the Institute for Eurasian Studies. In November 2013, Kove became advisor to the Speaker of the People's Assembly. In November 2014, following the election of President

Raul Khajimba Raul Jumkovich Khajimba ( ab, Рауль Џьумка-иҧа Ҳаџьымба, ka, რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served as President of Abkhazia from 25 September ...

, Kove was appointed head of the Presidential Protocol Office. On 4 October 2016, Kove was appointed Foreign Minister to succeed

Viacheslav Chirikba Viacheslav Chirikba is a linguist and politician from Abkhazia. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia between 2011 and 2016. Personal life Chirikba was born on 17 March 1959 in Gagra. From 1966 until 1976, he attended School No.5 in ...

. In November 2021, he was replaced by

Inal Ardzinba Inal Batuvych Ardzinba ( ab, Инал Арӡынба; ; russian: Инал Батувич Ардзинба; born 26 July 1990) is the current Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia. According to Yevgeny Yasin, former president of Abkhazia Vladi ...

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