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Lyudvig Chibirov

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Lyudvig Chibirov
Цыбырты Людвиг
Людвиг Чибиров
Chibirov in 2015
1st President of South Ossetia
In office
27 November 1996 – 18 December 2001
Prime MinisterValeriy Hubulov (acting)
Aleksandr Shavlokhov
Merab Chigoev
Dmitry Sanakoyev
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEduard Kokoity
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
In office
1994 – 27 November 1996
Prime MinisterFeliks Zassiev
Vladislav Gabarayev
Valeriy Hubulov (acting)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chairman of the State Nyhas
In office
17 September 1993 – 1994
Prime MinisterOleg Teziev
Gerasim Khugayev
Feliks Zassiev
Preceded byTorez Kulumbegov
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1932-11-19) 19 November 1932 (age 91)
Tskhinvali, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR, USSR
Political partyIndependent

Lyudvig Alekseyevich Chibirov (Ossetian: Цыбырты Алексейы фырт Людвиг Tseberte Alêksêye fert Lyudvig, Georgian: ლუდვიგ ჩიბიროვი, Russian: Лю́двиг Алексе́евич Чи́биров; born 19 November 1932) was the Chairman of the Parliament and later, following inaugural elections the first president of South Ossetia. Born in 1932, Chibirov is a former member of the South Ossetian Parliament. Prior to the elections in 1996, he had been South Ossetia's head of state since 1993. When the post of Chairman of the Parliament was abolished in favor of the presidency, Chibirov became the first occupant of the new office.[1]

During the 1996 elections, he received 65% of the vote compared with former Prime Minister Vladislav Gabaraev, who advocates South Ossetia's secession from the Republic of Georgia and its unification with North Ossetia in Russia, won about 20%. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze blasted the elections calling them "unlawful."

In the next elections in 2001, the 69-year-old Chibirov received less than 20% of the votes, while Stanislav Kochiev came in second with 25%, and the 38-year-old Eduard Kokoity (Kokoyev) won with more than 48% of the vote.

References

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  1. ^ "Back to the USSR: Putin and the new Cold War". The Globe and Mail. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
Political offices
Preceded by Head of State of South Ossetia
1993–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Supreme Council
1993–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by
position established
President of South Ossetia
1996–2001
Succeeded by