He has also been the speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia from 1996[1] until he lost his seat in the 2002 parliamentary elections to Anatoly Khashba, and was succeeded by Nugzar Ashuba.

He graduated from the Department of Russian Language and Literature Faculty of Philology of Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute.

Between 1985 and 1988 he worked on the Tkvarcheli Party Committee, becoming head of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda.

In 1991, he was elected to the Supreme Council, and in 1992 he became deputy chairman of the Abkhazian armed forces.

Recently, Jinjolia became a member of the newly founded Public Chamber of Abkhazia.