Prime Minister of South Ossetia

Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia
Coat of arms of South Ossetia
Incumbent Gennady Bekoyev (Acting) since 29 August 2020
Residence	Tskhinvali
Appointer	Anatoly Bibilov, as President of South Ossetia
Inaugural holder
Formation	28 November 1991

Politics of South Ossetia
Constitution
Executive President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov Prime Minister of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoyev
Legislature Parliament of South Ossetia Chairman Alan Tadtaev Political parties
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2014 2019
Administrative divisions First level: Four Raions Second level: Towns / cities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Dmitry Medoyev International recognition Provisional Administration of South Ossetia Politics of Georgia Georgian–Ossetian conflict Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Diplomatic missions of / in South Ossetia
Other countries
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The Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, officially known as the Chairman of the Government (Russian: Председатель Правительства), is the de facto head of government of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia that is de jure part of Georgia. This is a list of the de facto prime ministers of the Republic of South Ossetia.

List of prime ministers of South Ossetia[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		(born 1948)	28 November 1991	October 1993	1 year, 10 months	Independent
2		Gerasim Khugayev (born 1946)	October 1993	May 1994	7 months	Independent
3			May 1994	1995	0–1 year	Independent
4		(born 1959)	1995	24 September 1996	0–1 year	Independent
—		Valeriy Hubulov (1966–1998) Acting Prime Minister	25 September 1996	2 December 1996	68 days	Independent
5		Aleksandr Shavlokhov (born 1939)	2 December 1996	August 1998	1 year, 7 months	Independent
6		Merab Chigoev (1951–2016)	August 1998	6 June 2001	2 years, 10 months	Independent
7		Dmitry Sanakoyev (born 1969)	14 June 2001	December 2001	5 months	Independent
(2)		Gerasim Khugayev (born 1946)	December 2001	August 2003	1 year, 8 months	Unity Party
8		Igor Sanakoyev (born 1946)	17 September 2003	May 2005	1 year, 7 months	Unity Party
—		Zurab Kokoyev (born 1961) Acting Prime Minister	May 2005	5 July 2005	2 months	Unity Party
9		Yury Morozov (born 1949)	5 July 2005	17 August 2008	3 years, 43 days	Unity Party
—		Boris Chochiev (1957–2021) Acting Prime Minister	17 August 2008	22 October 2008	66 days	Unity Party
10		Aslanbek Bulatsev (born 1964)	22 October 2008	4 August 2009	286 days	Unity Party
11		Vadim Brovtsev (born 1969)	5 August 2009	26 April 2012	2 years, 266 days	Unity Party
12		Rostislav Khugayev (born 1951)	26 April 2012 Acting Prime Minister until 15 May 2012	20 January 2014	1 year, 269 days	Independent
13		Domenty Kulumbegov (born 1956)	20 January 2014 Acting Prime Minister until 2 April 2014	16 May 2017	3 years, 116 days	Independent
14		Erik Pukhayev (born 1957)	16 May 2017	29 August 2020	3 years, 105 days	Independent
—		Gennady Bekoyev (born 1981) Acting Prime Minister	29 August 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 167 days	Independent

See also[]

• President of South Ossetia

Sources[]

• (in Russian) Rulers of South Ossetia
• Rulers.org: South Ossetia
• (in Russian) Osinform: Thirteen South Ossetian PMs (2 November 2008)