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President of the Republic of South Ossetia
Emblem of South Ossetia
Flag of the president of South Ossetia
Incumbent Alan Gagloev since 24 May 2022
Residence	Presidential Palace, Tskhinvali
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Lyudvig Chibirov
Formation	27 November 1996
Website	https://presidentruo.org/

Politics of South Ossetia
Constitution
Executive President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev Prime Minister of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussoev
LegislatureParliament of South Ossetia Chairman Alan Tadtaev Political parties
Elections Elections Presidential: 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2019 2024
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 Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Diplomatic missions of / in South Ossetia
Other countries
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The president of the Republic of South Ossetia (Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны президент, Russian: Президент Южной Осетии) is the de facto head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia that is de jure part of Georgia. This is a list of the de facto presidents of the Republic of South Ossetia and the holders of the precursor to the office.

List of officeholders

Non-presidential heads of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Position	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Torez Kulumbegov (1938–2006)	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	10 October 1990	4 May 1991	206 days	Independent
2		Znaur Gassiev (1925–2016)		4 May 1991	9 September 1992	1 year, 128 days	Independent
3		Torez Kulumbegov (1938–2006)	Chairman of the State Nyhas	9 September 1992	17 September 1993	1 year, 8 days	Independent
3		Lyudvig Chibirov (born 1932)	Chairman of the State Nyhas (1993–1994)	17 September 1993	27 November 1996	3 years, 71 days	Independent
			Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1994–1996)

List of presidents of South Ossetia

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Election
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lyudvig Chibirov (born 1932)	27 November 1996	18 December 2001	5 years, 21 days	Independent	1996
2		Eduard Kokoity (born 1964)	18 December 2001	10 December 2011 (Resigned)	9 years, 357 days	Unity Party	2001 2006
–		Vadim Brovtsev (1969–2024) Acting	11 December 2011	19 April 2012	130 days	Unity Party	–
3		Leonid Tibilov (born 1951)	19 April 2012	21 April 2017	5 years, 2 days	Independent	2012
4		Anatoly Bibilov (born 1970)	21 April 2017	24 May 2022	5 years, 33 days	United Ossetia	2017
5		Alan Gagloev (born 1981)	24 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 212 days	Nykhaz	2022

Timeline

Latest election

See also

• Government of South Ossetia
• Prime Minister of South Ossetia
• Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Ossetia)

References

External links

• Official website (in Russian)
• Rulers.org: South Ossetia
• PlanetRulers.com: President of South Ossetia

v t e Heads of State of South Ossetia
	Znaur Gassiev Torez Kulumbegov Lyudvig Chibirov Eduard Kokoity Vadim Brovtsev * Leonid Tibilov Anatoly Bibilov Alan Gagloev
* denotes acting.

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