Sultan Sosnaliyev
Soslan Sosnaliyev | |
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Sosnaliyev in 1993 | |
| 2nd & 7th Minister of Defence of Abkhazia | |
| In office February 2005 – May 2007 | |
| President | Sergei Bagapsh |
| Preceded by | Mukhamed Kilba |
| Succeeded by | Mirab Kishmaria |
| In office April 1993 – July 1996 | |
| President | Vladislav Ardzinba |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Arshba |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Mikanba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1942 |
| Died | 23 November 2008 (aged 66) |
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Sultan Aslambekovich Sosnaliyev (Russian: Султан Асламбекович Сосналиев; 23 April 1942 – 23 November 2008) was a Soviet Army officer of Circassian ethnicity who served as a commander of Abkhaz and North Caucasian forces during the War in Abkhazia and as the defence minister of Abkhazia in 1993–1996 and 2005–2007.