Leonid Tibilov
| Leonid Tibilov | |
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| 3rd President of South Ossetia | |
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Assumed office 19 April 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Vadim Brovtsev Rostislav Khugayev Domenty Kulumbegov |
| Preceded by | Vadim Brovtsev (Acting) |
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28 March 1951 Verkhny Dvan, Georgian SSR, USSR (now South Ossetia) |
| Political party | Independent |
Leonid Tibilov (Ossetian: Тыбылты Харитъоны фырт Леонид, Tybylty Xarithony fyrt Leonid; Russian: Леонид Харитонович Тибилов, Leonid Kharitonovich Tibilov; Georgian: ლეონიდ თიბილოვი, Leonid Tibilovi; born 28 March 1951 in Verkhny Dvan, Znaur district) is a South Ossetian politician who is the President of South Ossetia after winning the 2012 South Ossetian presidential election.
Leonid Tibilov headed the South Ossetian KGB from 1992 to 1998. He was then a first deputy prime minister and co-chaired a Georgian-Ossetian peacekeeping commission. Tibilov stood at the 2006 presidential election losing to Eduard Kokoity, who won 98% of the vote.
Before the 2012 election Tibilov distanced himself from the outgoing President Kokoity. Tibilov is reported to be loyal to Russia and pledged to consult Russia before appointing a government if he was successful at the election.
In the first round of the 2012 Presidential election, Tibilov received 42.5% of the vote to lead David Sanakoyev. In the second round, Tibilov was elected president with 54% of the vote.
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