Government of South Ossetia

The Government of the Republic of South Ossetia is the political leadership of the only partially recognized, but de facto independent, Republic of South Ossetia.

Executive branch

South Ossetia's head of state is the president, the current president is Leonid Tibilov. The head of government is the prime minister, who is supported by a cabinet of ministers. The current prime minister is Domenty Kulumbegov.

In August, 2009, then-president Eduard Kokoity dismissed Aslanbek Bulatsev's cabinet. It was said that Bulatsev had long been sick and had repeatedly sought to resign.^[1] All ministers kept their posts for some time and work with new PM Vadim Brovtsev,^[2] though some were replaced after a while.

Current cabinet

Office	Incumbent
Prime Minister	Domenti Sardionovich Kulumbegov
Deputy Prime Minister	Alan Zaurovich Tekhov
Deputy Prime Minister	Erik Georgiyevich Pukhayev
Head of the Presidential Administration	Boris Eliozovich Chochiev
Minister of Foreign Affairs	David Georgievich Sanakoyev
Minister of Defence	Valeriy Adamovich Yakhnovets
Minister of Internal Affairs	Akhsar Endrikovich Lavoyev
Minister of Justice	Alan Nikolayevich Dzhioyev
Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Management	Sergey Soslanovich Sanakoyev
Minister of Finance	Aza Konstantinovna Habalova
Minister of Economic Development	Vil'yam Yur'yevich Dzagoyev
Minister of Education and Science	Marina Lyudvigovna Chibirova
Minister of Culture	Madina Arkhipovna Ostayeva
Minister of Health and Social Development	Grigory Stepanovich Kulidzhanov
Minister of Agriculture	Mairbeg Vladimirovich Guchmazov
Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities	Eduard Nikolayevich Dzagoev

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Abolished ministries

Per August 24, 2009, several ministries were abolished.^[3] The following ministries were merged into the new Ministry of Youth, Education and Science, which was to be headed by Kusraev:

Office	Last incumbent
Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism (also deputy PM)	Eleonora Hristoforovna Bedoeva
Minister of Education and Science	Anatoly Georgievich Kusraev

The following ministries were abolished, their tasks being taken over by the Ministry of Economic Development:

Office	Last incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade	Taimuraz Arahmatovich Chochiev
Minister of Transport and Road Management	Alan Hadzhimurzaevich Koliev
Minister of Communications and Information	Georgij Sergeevich Kabisov
Minister of state property and land relations	Sergei Vladimirovich Parastaev
Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology	Vitaly Grigorievich Dzeranov
Minister of Agriculture and Food	Dzhambolat Iosivovich Kozaev
Minister of Press and Mass Communications	Irina Yureva Gagloeva

Legislative branch

The Parliament of South Ossetia is the parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia.

See also

• Government of Georgia (country)
• Politics of South Ossetia
• Politics of Georgia (country)

External links

• (Russian) President of the Republic of South Ossetia. Official site
• (Russian) Ministry of Press and Mass Communications of the Republic of South Ossetia. Official site

References

1. "South Ossetian president dismisses PM, dissolves Cabinet". RIA Novosti. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
2. (Russian) President of South Ossetia: Decree on the Head of the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia (5 August 2009)
3. (Russian) President of South Ossetia: Decree on the structure of executive bodies of the Republic of South Ossetia (24 August 2009)