Eduard Kokoity
| Eduard Kokoity Кокойты Эдуард |
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| President of South Ossetia | |
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In office 18 December 2001 – 10 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Gerasim Khugayev Igor Sanakoyev Zurab Kokoyev (Acting) Yury Morozov Boris Chochiev (Acting) Aslanbek Bulatsev Vadim Brovtsev |
| Preceded by | Lyudvig Chibirov |
| Succeeded by | Vadim Brovtsev (Acting) |
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31 October 1964 Tskhinvali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now de jure Georgia, de facto South Ossetia) |
| Political party | Unity Party |
| Spouse(s) | Madina Tolparova |
Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity (Ossetian: Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Džabejy fyrt Eduard; born 31 October 1964) is the former President of South Ossetia. His term in office lasted just over ten years, beginning December 2001 and ending December 2011.
Eduard Kokoity (Ossetian: Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Džabejy fyrt Eduard; Russian: Эдуа́рд Джабе́евич Коко́йты, Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty; Georgian: ედუარდ ჯაბეს ძე კოკოითი, Eduard Jabes dze K'ok'oiti; surname also rendered as Kokoyty or Kokoiti or in a Russified version as Russian: Коко́ев, Kokoyev) was born in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian SSR, a part of the Soviet Union at the time. He was a member, and champion, of the Soviet Union's national wrestling team. Prior to 1989, he was the First Secretary of the Tskhinvali branch of the Komsomol, the Young Communist League. He moved to Moscow in 1992, where he became a businessman, after learning about capitalism. In 2001, he moved back to South Ossetia.
Kokoity was elected president, at the age of 38, with a majority in the presidential elections of November–December 2001. In the first round of the elections on 18 November 2001, he collected 45% of the vote, with Stanislav Kochiev collecting 24%, and incumbent Lyudvig Chibirov collecting 21%. In the Second and final round, he won 53% of the vote to Stanislav Kochiev's 40% on 6 December. Kokoity assumed office on 18 December 2001.
Kokoity's victory was unexpected and owed much to the support of the Tedeyev clan, one of South Ossetia's most powerful families. He had gained key support from Albert "Dik" Tedeyev and his brother Dzhambolat, also a champion wrestler, who organized and financed Kokoity's election campaign. The clan had previously supported Lyudvig Chibirov, but broke off support for him after he attempted to move against them. After Kokoity was elected president, members of the Tedeyev clan took over responsibility for the republic's customs service and for freight traffic along the Transcaucasian highway. Revenues from the highway provide much of the South Ossetian government's revenue.
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