Raul Lolua (Russian: Рауль Валериевич Лолуа) is a former Minister for Internal Affairs of Abkhazia.
Following the May 2014 Revolution, Lolua, previously Head of the State Security Service's Special Forces Centre, was appointed First Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs on 9 June 2014 and charged with carrying out the duties of Minister Otar Khetsia, who was (put) on paid leave.[1] On 4 August, acting President Valeri Bganba dismissed Khetsia and appointed Lolua as Acting Minister.[2] Lolua was appointed permanently on 15 October 2014 by newly elected President Raul Khajimba.[3]
In May 2015, following two confrontations between police officers and members of the State Security Service, Lolua handed in his resignation.[4] It was accepted by President Khajimba on the evening of 14 May, and he appointed Beslan Khagba as his successor.[5][6]
On 26 January 2016, Lolua founded the public organisation Our Home – Abkhazia.[7][8] During its presentation to the public on 3 March, Lolua stated that Our Home is neither pro-government nor pro-opposition, and that it does not seek to gain power, but rather to change the inefficient political system, and that its first aim was a moratorium on the sale of real estate.[7] He rejected the planned referendum to hold an early presidential election, arguing that this would not solve any underlying problems and that Our Home favoured a transition to a parliamentary system.[9]
In the run-up to the referendum, Lolua co-signed an appeal with his predecessors Otar Khetsia and Abesalom Beia to President Khajimba to dismiss then Interior Minister Leonid Dzapshba over a speech he had given to officials at the Ministry that angered opposition activists, who claimed Dzapshba had pressured the officials not to participate in the referendum and threatened them with dismissal.[10] Dzapshba was eventually suspended on 5 July after some opposition activists had stormed the Ministry.[11][12]
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- ^ Zavodskaya, Elena (13 May 2015). "МВД и ГСО – стенка на стенку". Echo of the Caucasus. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Рауль Лолуа освобожден от должности министра внутренних дел". Apsnypress. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Беслан Хагба назначен министром внутренних дел Абхазии". Apsnypress. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Рауль Лолуа: первым действием РОО будет внесение на рассмотрение в Парламент моратория на продажу недвижимости". Apsnypress. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "СЕГОДНЯ В СУХУМЕ СОСТОЯЛАСЬ ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ "НАШ ДОМ - АБХАЗИЯ"". Abkhazia Inform. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ ""НАШ ДОМ – АБХАЗИЯ" ВЫСТУПАЕТ ЗА КОНСТРУКТИВНЫЙ ДИАЛОГ В ОБЩЕСТВЕ". Abkhazia Inform. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "ЭКС-МИНИСТРЫ ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ ОТАР ХЕЦИЯ, РАУЛЬ ЛОЛУА И АБЕССАЛОМ БЕЙЯ ПРЕДЛАГАЮТ ПРЕЗИДЕНТУ ОТПРАВИТЬ В ОТСТАВКУ МИНИСТРА ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ ЛЕОНИДА ДЗАПШАБА". Abkhazia Inform. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Леонид Дзапшба временно отстранён от исполнения обязанностей министра внутренних дел". Apsnypress. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Алексей Ломия: речь идет об организации массовых беспорядков". Apsnypress. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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