Aslan Abashidze, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic
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Place of Birth: Batumi, Adjara, Georgia
About Aslan Abashidze
- Aslan Abashidze (Georgian: ????? ???????) (born in Batumi, July 20, 1938) was the leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia from 1991 to May 5, 2004.
- He resigned under the pressure of the central Georgian government and mass opposition rallies during the 2004 Adjara crisis, and has since lived in Moscow, Russia.
- On January 22, 2007, the Batumi city court found him guilty of misuse of office and embezzlement of GEL 98.2 million state funds, and sentenced him to a 15-year imprisonment in absentia.
- He also faces a charge of murder of his former deputy, Nodar Imnadze, in 1991.
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