President of South Ossetia

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.

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; 29 years ago (1996-11-27)
Website	https://presidentruo.org/

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	3 years, 208 days	Nykhaz	2022

Timeline

Latest election

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Alan Gagloev	Nykhaz	10,707	38.55	16,134	56.08
	Anatoly Bibilov	United Ossetia	9,706	34.95	11,767	40.90
	Aleksandr Pliyev	People's Party	3,434	12.37
	Garry Muldarov	Independent	2,592	9.33
	Dmitry Tasoyev	Independent	822	2.96
None of the above			510	1.84	867	3.01
Total			27,771	100.00	28,768	100.00
Valid votes			27,771	95.57	28,768	97.77
Invalid/blank votes			1,286	4.43	655	2.23
Total votes			29,057	100.00	29,423	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			39,282	73.97	39,798	73.93
Source: CIKRUO, CIKRUO

See also

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