Alan Alborov

Alan Alborov (, , ; born 22 August 1976) is an Ossetian politician from partially recognized South Ossetia and former speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia from September 2022 to June 2024. Alborov has served as the founding chairman of the Nykhaz political party, as well as the mayor of the capital city of Tskhinvali.

Early life Alborov was born to an urban middle-class family in Tskhinvali. He had a successful career as a businessman in Russia, where he and his brother, Oleg, made a small fortune selling vodka in North Ossetia.

Alborov was named by President Leonid Tibilov as the head of housing and communal services in the Leningor District after a long period of absence from his homeland. After the 2017 election saw Tibilov's re-election bid be defeated, Alborov was replaced as mayor by the new president, Anatoly Bibilov.

On July 5, 2023, Alan Tekhov, chairman of the committee on economy, small business and agriculture, and Zaza Driaev, chairman of the profile committee, proposed a motion to investigate possible Belarusian recognition of South Ossetia as an independent state. Speaker Alborov approved the motion and opened an official investigation for further elaboration.

In March 2024, Alborov, while discussing the proposal to have South Ossetia be annexed by Russia, didn't rule out the possibility of holding a referendum regarding the issue, saying that it was "being discussed in close coordination with Moscow".

Presidential administration Alborov did not seek re-election in the 2024 elections, instead opting to leave Parliament and return to Gagloev's staff as his new Head of the Presidential Administration via decree on July 22, 2024.