The office of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia was created on 17 May 1993, during the 1992-1993 war with Georgia. Due to the diplomatic isolation of Abkhazia, which remains widely unrecognised, the role of the foreign minister has been restricted mostly to negotiations over resolving the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

List of people to hold the office

#	Name	Entered office		Left office		President	Comments
1	Said Tarkil	17 May 1993		December 1993		Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Grigori-ipa Ardzinba was the first President of Abkhazia. A historian by education, Ardzinba led Abkhazia to de facto independence in the 1992-1993 War with Georgia, but its de jure independence from Georgia remained internationally unrecognised during Ardzinba's two terms as President...	Acting
2	Sokrat Ajinjal Sokrat Djindjolia Sokrat Rachevich Jinjolia was the second Prime Minister and the second foreign minister of the internationally unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia from 1993 to 1994...	December 1993		November 1994
3	Leonid Ivan-ipa Lakerbaia Leonid Lakerbaia Leonid Ivan-ipa Lakerbaia is the Prime Minister of Abkhazia and chairman of the socio-political movement Aitaira...	29 June 1995		31 July 1996
4	Konstantin Konstantin-ipa Ozgan Konstantin Ozgan Konstantin Konstantin-ipa Ozgan is the Chairman of the Council of Elders of Abkhazia and a former politician. From 1996 to 1999 Ozgan was a member of the Abkhazian government, first as Minister for Foreign Affairs and then as Minister for the Economy and First Vice-Premier...	31 July 1996		April 1997
5	Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba Sergey Shamba Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba is a former Prime Minister of Abkhazia, in office from 13 February 2010 until 27 September 2011. Before becoming Prime Minister, Shamba had been the long-time Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia - from 7 May 1997, with a half-year interruption in 2004, both under...	7 May 1997		18 June 2004			First time
6	Gueorgui Otyrba Gueorgui Otyrba Gueorgui Otyrba is an Abkhazian politician and academic. He is the current Human Rights Commissioner of Abkhazia and he was acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia between June and July 2004.-Education and career:...	18 June 2004		28 July 2004			Acting
7	Igor Murat-ipa Akhba Igor Akhba Igor Murat-ipa Akhba is the current ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation, and a one time Minister for Foreign Affairs.-Early life and career:...	28 July 2004		14 December 2004
8	Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba Sergey Shamba Sergei Miron-ipa Shamba is a former Prime Minister of Abkhazia, in office from 13 February 2010 until 27 September 2011. Before becoming Prime Minister, Shamba had been the long-time Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia - from 7 May 1997, with a half-year interruption in 2004, both under...	14 December 2004		21 March 2005			Second time
		21 March 2005		26 February 2010		Sergei Bagapsh Sergei Bagapsh Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh was 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...
9	Maxim Gvinjia Maxim Gvinjia Maxim Gvinjia is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia. Before he was appointed on 26 February 2010 to replace Sergei Shamba, Gvinjia had served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs since 1 March 2004.-Early life and career:...	26 February 2010		Incumbent