On 27 September, Ankvab appointed as Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaia, his long-time ally and First Vice-Premier under President Bagapsh.
Two people were appointed to a position they had previously held during President Bagapsh's first term in office: Secretary of the Security Council Otar Khetsia was appointed Interior Minister on 20 October,[6] and on 7 December he was succeeded as Security Council Secretary by historian Stanislav Lakoba.
[13] On 20 October, Marina Ladaria was appointed Chief of the Cabinet Staff[14] and the writer Daur Nachkebia Minister for Education.
[6] On 28 October, Shazina Avidzba was appointed Chairman of the State Committee for Youth and Sports, she had up until then held a similar position in the Sukhumi City administration.
[8] Finally, on 31 October, Sukhumi Municipal Court Judge Yekaterina Onishchenko was appointed Minister for Justice.