Lyudvig Chibirov
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Lyudvig Chibirov | |
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President of South Ossetia | |
In office September 17, 1993 – December 18, 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Gerasim Khugayev Valery Hubulov Aleksandr Shavlokhov Merab Chigoev Dmitry Sanakoyev |
Preceded by | Torez Kulumbegov |
Succeeded by | Eduard Kokoity |
Personal details | |
Born | Tskhinvali, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR, USSR | November 19, 1932
Political party | none |
Lyudvig Alekseyevich Chibirov (Ossetian: Цыбырты Алексейы фырт Людвиг Tseberte Alêksêye fert Lyudvig, Georgian: ლუდვიგ ჩიბიროვი, Russian: Лю́двиг Алексе́евич Чи́биров; born November 19, 1932 in Tskhinvali) was the Chairman of the Parliament and later, following inaugural elections the first President of South Ossetia.[1] 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.
During the 1996 elections, he received 65% of the vote compared with former Prime Minister , 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 , 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[]
- ^ "Chronicle of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict: Fact sheet". RIA Novosti. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
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