# President of South Ossetia

The president of the Republic of South Ossetia (Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны президент, Russian: Президент Южной Осетии) is the de facto head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia that is de jure part of Georgia. This is a list of the de facto presidents of the Republic of South Ossetia and the holders of the precursor to the office.

## List of officeholders
### Non-presidential heads of state

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Position | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Position | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| 1 | | Torez Kulumbegov (1938–2006) | Chairman of the Supreme Soviet | 10 October 1990 | 4 May 1991 | 206 days | Independent |
| 2 | | Znaur Gassiev (1925–2016) | Chairman of the Supreme Soviet | 4 May 1991 | 9 September 1992 | 1 year, 128 days | Independent |
| 3 | | Torez Kulumbegov (1938–2006) | Chairman of the State Nyhas | 9 September 1992 | 17 September 1993 | 1 year, 8 days | Independent |
| 3 | | Lyudvig Chibirov (born 1932) | Chairman of the State Nyhas (1993–1994) | 17 September 1993 | 27 November 1996 | 3 years, 71 days | Independent |
| 3 | | Lyudvig Chibirov (born 1932) | Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1994–1996) | 17 September 1993 | 27 November 1996 | 3 years, 71 days | Independent |

### List of presidents of South Ossetia

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Election |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Election |
| 1 | | Lyudvig Chibirov (born 1932) | 27 November 1996 | 18 December 2001 | 5 years, 21 days | Independent | 1996 |
| 2 | | Eduard Kokoity (born 1964) | 18 December 2001 | 10 December 2011 (Resigned) | 9 years, 357 days | Unity Party | 2001 2006 |
| – | | Vadim Brovtsev (1969–2024) Acting | 11 December 2011 | 19 April 2012 | 130 days | Unity Party | – |
| 3 | | Leonid Tibilov (born 1951) | 19 April 2012 | 21 April 2017 | 5 years, 2 days | Independent | 2012 |
| 4 | | Anatoly Bibilov (born 1970) | 21 April 2017 | 24 May 2022 | 5 years, 33 days | United Ossetia | 2017 |
| 5 | | Alan Gagloev (born 1981) | 24 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 227 days | Nykhaz | 2022 |

## Latest election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Alan Gagloev | Nykhaz | 10,707 | 38.55 | 16,134 | 56.08 |
| | Anatoly Bibilov | United Ossetia | 9,706 | 34.95 | 11,767 | 40.90 |
| | Aleksandr Pliyev | People's Party | 3,434 | 12.37 | | |
| | Garry Muldarov | Independent | 2,592 | 9.33 | | |
| | Dmitry Tasoyev | Independent | 822 | 2.96 | | |
| None of the above | None of the above | None of the above | 510 | 1.84 | 867 | 3.01 |
| Total | Total | Total | 27,771 | 100.00 | 28,768 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 27,771 | 95.57 | 28,768 | 97.77 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,286 | 4.43 | 655 | 2.23 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,057 | 100.00 | 29,423 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 39,282 | 73.97 | 39,798 | 73.93 |
| Source: CIKRUO, CIKRUO |||||||