Nodar Vladimirovich Khashba (Abkhaz: Нодар Хашба, Georgian: ნოდარ ხაშბა; born 1 October 1951) is a former prime minister of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia and a former mayor of Sukhumi.
In April 2004 he emerged as one of the leaders of a new political movement named United Abkhazia (Yedinaya Abkhazia, reminiscent of the Russian pro-Kremlin party Yedinaya Rossiya[citation needed]).
Shortly after the election, amid confusion surrounding its outcome, the outgoing president, Vladislav Ardzinba, appointed Khashba prime minister.
On 14 November, Prime Minister Nodar Khashba, named by the relatives of human rights activist Tamara Shakryl as responsible for her death and threatened by them, had to spend the night at Russia's Peacemaking Headquarters in Sukhumi.
Tensions continued to mount as the day for Bagapsh's inaugural ceremony came.