Yury Kokov

Yury Alexandrovich Kokov (; ; born August 13, 1955) is a Russian politician who served as Head of Kabardino-Balkaria from 2013 to 2018.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Biography Kokov was born on August 13, 1955, in Nalchik, which was then part of the Russian SFSR. His mother was a cutter at a garment factory and his father was a manager in the Ministry of Social Security who died in 1979. Kokov then graduated from the Law Department of Rostov State University and joined the agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR in 1979. In 1987 he was then appointed Head of the Administrative and Financial Departments of the Council of Ministers in the republic. This was also the time he started his political career, as in 1993 and 1997 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria, heading the Commission on Legislation and Security. They have two children.