Vitali Gabnia Виталик Габниа Виталий Габния
5th Vice President of Abkhazia
In office 25 September 2014 – 22 August 2018
President	Raul Khajimba
Preceded by	Mikhail Logua
Succeeded by	Aslan Bartsits
Personal details
Born	(1968-06-12)12 June 1968 Sukhumi, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Abkhazian
Children	2
Alma mater	Abkhazian State University
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Abkhazia
Branch/service	Soviet Army
Years of service	1986-1990

Vitali Viktorovich Gabnia (Abkhazian:Виталик Виктор-иҧа Габниа; Russian: Виталий Викторович Габния) was Vice President of Abkhazia from 2014 to 2018. He was elected along with President Raul Khajimba following the May 2014 revolution against previous President Alexander Ankvab, which Khajimba and he had led. Gabnia is Chairman of the veterans organisation Aruaa. He resigned after being caught in a brawl in August 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Gabnia was elected as Chairman of Aruaa during its congress on 30 July 2013, succeeding acting Chairman Daur Achugba and following the resignation of previous Chairman Vadim Smyr.^[1]

On 22 August 2018, Gabnia announced his resignation as vice-president, citing the need to "defend his honor" after being caught in a brawl and being hit in his head. He added the offender was not brought to justice due to the existing "system of lawlessness", but his resignation was not connected to "political realities".^{[citation needed]}