South Ossetian leader, Eduard Kokoity, has replaced most of the ministers in the breakaway region’s cabinet and appointed some of the former Russian officials on the senior posts.
Foreign Minister, Murat Jioev, retained the post in the new cabinet, which is chaired by Aslanbek Bulatsev, a former head of the Federal Tax Service in Russia’s North Ossetian Republic.
Alexander Bolshakov, a former Vice-Governor of Russia’s Ulyanovsk Oblast, was appointed as chief of the Kokoity’s administration. Bolshakov was head of the Medvedev’s election campaign local headquarters in Ulyanovsk during the presidential elections in Russia.
New defense minister, Yuri Tanaev, is also “invitee” – as locals in Tskhinvali call those who have been sent to serve on official posts from Russia. He has replaced Anatoly Barankevich, also a native of Russia. The South Ossetian news sources said “not much is known” about Tanaev; they reported that he was “Russian with the army rank of Maj. Gen.”
New education minister of the breakaway region, Anatoly Kursaev, is from Russia’s North Ossetia.
- Valery Valiev –Interior Minister, who has replaced Mikhail Mindzaev; Valiev previously served as chief of the Tskhinvali’s police;
Hasan Pliev – the first deputy prime minister; - Teimuraz Chochiev – Minister for Trade and Industry;
- Eleonora Gabaraeva – Minister for Youth, Sport and Tourism;
- Nugzar Gabaraev –Healthcare Minister;
- Anatoly Bibilov – Minister for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations;
- Atsamaz Bichenov – Minister of Justice;
- Alan Kolyev – Minister of Transport and Roads;
- Giorgi Kabisov – Minister of Communications;
- Igor Bapiev – Minister of Economic Development;
- Sergey Parastaev – Minister for Management of State Assets;
- Vitaly Dzeranov – Minister for Natural Resources;
- Jambulat Kozaev – Minister of Agriculture;
- Tamerlan Dzudtsov – Minister of Culture;
- Irina Gagloeva – Minister for Press and Information; the agency previously was a committee, but it has been upgraded to the ministry status as a result of the structural changes in the breakaway region’s cabinet.
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