Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (b. 1949)
Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh (Abkhazian: Сергеи Уасыл-иҧа Багаҧшь, Georgian: სერგეი ბაგაფში, Russian: Сергей Васильевич Багапш; 4 March 1949 – 29 May 2011) was an Abkhaz politician who served as the second President of the Republic of Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and was later elected as President in 2005. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. He died on 29 May 2011, at the age of 62, from complications of surgery.