Anatoly Bibilov
| Anatoliy Bibilov Бибылты Анатолий Анатолий Бибилов |
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| 4th President of South Ossetia | |
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Assumed office 21 April 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Domenty Kulumbegov |
| Preceded by | Leonid Tibilov |
| Minister of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia | |
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In office 31 October 2008 – 21 April 2017 |
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| President of the Parliament of South Ossetia | |
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In office 24 June 2014 – 21 April 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Stanislav Kochiev |
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6 February 1970 Tskhinvali, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian/South Ossetian |
| Political party | United Ossetia |
| Children | 3 sons, 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, State Fire Academy of Emercom of Russia |
Anatoliy Ilyich Bibilov (Ossetian: Бибылты Ильяйы фырт Анатолий; Russian: Анатолий Ильич Бибилов) (born February 6, 1970) is a Russian and South Ossetian military officer, currently serving as the 4th President of South Ossetia, a partially recognized, but de-facto independent state, succeeding Leonid Tibilov as President on April 21, 2017, following his election victory.
Bibilov was born in the South Ossetian AO of the Georgian SSR in the Soviet Union. After eight grade he went to a boarding school in Tbilisi with intensive military and physical training, thereafter he joined the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School. After graduating, Bibilov was distributed to the 76th Guards Air Assault Division. His division was included in the consolidated battalion of peacekeepers in South Ossetia. Subsequently he joined the South Ossetian Army, commanding a special forces unit. Between the period 1998-2008 he rejoined the peacekeeping forces, this time in a North Ossetia battalion. Bibilov took an active part in the 2008 South Ossetian war, organizing the defence of one of the districts of Tskhinvali against the Georgian Armed Forces.
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