President of South Ossetia

President of the Republic of South Ossetia
Coat of arms of South Ossetia
Incumbent Leonid Tibilov since 19 April 2012
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Lyudvig Chibirov
Formation	27 November 1996

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia 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 Heads of State of the de facto Republic of South Ossetia (1991–present)

Chairmen of the Supreme Council (1992–1994, Chairman of the State Nyhas)

№	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Torez Kulumbegov	10 October 1990	4 May 1991	Independent
2	Znaur Gassiev	4 May 1991	9 September 1992	Independent
3	Torez Kulumbegov	9 September 1992	17 September 1993	Independent
4	Lyudvig Chibirov	17 September 1993	27 November 1996	Independent

Presidents

№	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Lyudvig Chibirov	27 November 1996	18 December 2001	Independent
2	Eduard Kokoity	18 December 2001	10 December 2011	Unity Party
—	Vadim Brovtsev Acting Prime Minister	11 December 2011	19 April 2012	Unity Party
3	Leonid Tibilov	19 April 2012	Incumbent	Independent

Latest election

 Summary of the 25 March and 8 April 2012 South Ossetian presidential election results

Presidential candidate	Party	1st round		runoff
		votes	%	votes	%
Leonid Tibilov		11,453	42.48	15,786	54.12
David Sanakoyev		6,627	24.58	12,439	42.65
Dmitriy Medoyev		6,415	23.79
Stanislav Kochiyev	Communist Party of South Ossetia	1,417	5.26
Against all		216	0.80	279	0.96
Invalid				662	2.27
Total number of votes cast			100.00	29,166	100.00
Turnout			70.28	29,166	71.26
Abstention			29.72	11,763	28.74
Total number of registered voters		40,929	100.00	40,929	100.00
Source: South Ossetian Electoral Commission 2 3

External links

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