Anatoly Bibilov

Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov (born 6 February 1970) is a South Ossetian military officer, was the fourth president of South Ossetia. He succeeded Leonid Tibilov as president on 21 April 2017 to 24 May 2022, following his election victory, but was defeated by Alan Gagloev in the 2022 election.

Biography Bibilov was born in the South Ossetian AO of the Georgian SSR in the Soviet Union. After eight grade he went to a boarding school in Tbilisi with intensive military and physical training, thereafter he joined the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School. Leonid Tibilov was ultimately elected president after winning the South Ossetian presidential election, 2012, which Bibilov did not participate in. Bibilov won the election in the first round by getting 54.8% of the vote and took office as the 4th president of South Ossetia on 21 April 2017. During his inauguration, delegations from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and Russia were present.

Bibilov supports South Ossetia joining Russia, and has called for a referendum on the issue.

One of the controversies of Bibilov's late tenure would be the Ministry of Construction's construction of a gym for the secondary school of Tsinagari. The School's director, former Member of Parliament Lasko Gussoev was able to bring the issue to national prominence stating that the Ministry of Construction built the gym, but did not install a transformer or other electoral components rendering the gym inoperable. It would take over 2 years of Gussoev's lobbying and significant media coverage before the gym was completed.

Bibilov was defeated by Alan Gagloyev in the 2022 election.

Cabinet During his tenure as President, Bibilov's cabinet consisted of the following: Position Name Minister of Culture Zhanna Zasseeva Minister of the Economy Gennady Kokoev

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Personal life He is married with four children.