Gennadi Berulava became head of Abkhazia's State Security Service after the outbreak of the 1992-1993 war with Georgia. He had been Deputy Head under his predecessor, Grigori Komoshvili, since 1985. [1] In early October 1993, after the war had ended, he was dismissed and succeeded by Astamur Tarba. [1] [2]
Berulava was born on 19 November 1942 in Sukhumi, and died in April 2013. [1]