The Abkhazian parliament members elected Sergey Matosyan to the post of Vice Speaker of the National Assembly in a secret ballot.

22 out of 24 parliament members participating in the voting supported Sergey Matosyan’s candidacy.

Sergey Matosyan was a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Abkhazia from 1996 to 2000. In 2000-2005, he worked as head of the HR department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2007, he was re-elected to the National Assembly, Analitika.at.ua reported.