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Almas Severianovich Japua (Abkhazian: Алмас Севериан-иԥа Џьапуа, Russian: Алмас Северианович Джапуа; born 1979 in Sukhumi) is a deputy of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia. Japua was by-elected on 31 August 2014 in constituency no. 26 after sitting MP Beslan Butba had been appointed as acting Vice Premier in the aftermath of the 2014 Abkhazian revolution. Japua was nominated by an initiative group on 12 July and formally registered as candidate on 1 August. He defeated his opponent with 889 votes to 848, out of 1761 votes cast. On 1 September, Japua was officially registered as a member of Parliament.