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Encyclopedia > Ludwig Chibirov
Ludwig Chibirov
Order: 1st President
Took Office: September 17, 1993
Left Office: December 18, 2001
Predecessor: Torez Kulumbegov
Successor: Eduard Kokoity
Date of Birth: 1932
Place of Birth: unkwown
Date of Death: N/A
Place of Death: N/A
Political party: none

Lyudvig Alekseyevich Chibirov was the Chairman of the Parliament and later, following inaugural elections the first President of South Ossetia, a de facto (though internationally unrecognized) independent state within the Republic of Georgia. 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. Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity (surname also rendered as Kokoyty or Kokoiti or in a Russified version as Kokoyev) is the current President of South Ossetia, a de facto (though internationally unrecognized) independent state within the Republic of Georgia. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Inauguration Day is the day on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. ... Official language Ossetian Capital Tskhinvali President Eduard Djabeevich Kokoity Prime Minister Igor Viktorovich Sanakoyev Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  3,900 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total  â€“ Density (2004)  70,000 (approx)  18/km² Independence  â€“ Declared  â€“ Recognition From Georgia  â€“ November 28, 1991  â€“ none Currency Russian ruble, Georgian lari Time zone UTC +3 Detailed... Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo), known from 1991 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


During the 1996 elections he received 65% of the vote and former Prime Minister Vladislav Gabaraev, who advocates South Ossetia's secession from the Republic of Georgia and its unification with North Ossetia, which is part of Russia, won about 20%. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze blasted the elections calling them "unlawful." 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo), known from 1991 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus. ... The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russian: Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия-Ала́ния; Ossetic: Цæгат Ирыстоны Аланийы Республикæ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ შევარდნაძე, Russian: Эдуа́рд Амвро́сьевич Шевардна́дзе; pronounced ed-oo-ard am-vro-see-ye-vitch she-va-rd-nad-zuh) (born 25 January 1928) is a Georgian politician. ...


In the next elections in 2001, the 69 year old Chibirov would receive less then 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. Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity (surname also rendered as Kokoyty or Kokoiti or in a Russified version as Kokoyev) is the current President of South Ossetia, a de facto (though internationally unrecognized) independent state within the Republic of Georgia. ...


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The CIS is facing a threat of a new "hot spot" appearing on its territory: the self-proclaimed Republic of Southern Ossetia, in northern Georgia, deputy head of the committee for CIS affairs Anatoli Chekhoyev said in connection with the latest events in Southern Ossetia.
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