Londer Tsaava was the chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers in Exile, which forms part of the Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

n government-in-exile

Government of Abkhazia-in-exile

The Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is an administration recognized by Georgia as the legal government-in-exile of Abkhazia. Abkhazia that has been de facto independent of Georgia though with very little international recognition since the early 1990s...

 now based in Kodori

Kodori

Kodori or Kodor may refer to one of the following entities:*Kodori , a village in eastern Abkhazia**Kodori River, the second largest river of Abkhazia***Kodori Valley, the valley through which the river Kodori flows...

, Georgia. In this capacity, he served as the government-in-exile's second highest ranking official, and also had a period as de facto leader.
He has been a strong advocate of Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...

n reunification with Georgia. In this capacity, he presented a petition of 200,000 signatures to the United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council

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 from Georgians demanding the withdrawal of the current peacekeeping force.

In late 2003, a group of Georgian veterans of the war with Abkhazia began a hunger strike

Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not...

 in Tbilisi, demanding the resignation of both Tamaz Nadareishvili

Tamaz Nadareishvili

Tamaz Nadareishvili was a Georgian politician who served as head of the Council of Ministers of Abkhazia, a government-in-exile for the breakaway province....

, leader of the government-in-exile, and Tsaava. Though Nadareishvili was forced to resign, Tsaava managed to retain his position. Around the same time, Tsaava was involved in negotiations with a group of Georgian refugees from Abkhazia that had taken hostages. He was eventually successful in securing their release, which may have been a factor in his survival as chairman.

He was eventually replaced by Irakli Alasania

Irakli Alasania

Irakli Alasania is a Georgian politician and former diplomat. He was Georgia’s Ambassador to the United Nations from September 11, 2006, until December 4, 2008. His previous assignments include Chairman of the Government of Abkhazia and the President of Georgia’s aide in the Georgian-Abkhaz talks...

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