predecessor successor children birth_place religion imagesize nationality profession party birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
akhsarbek galazov taymuraz mamsurov sergei teimuraz vladikavkaz , rsfsr , soviet union russian orthodox 208px ossetic railman cpsu 3 april 1934 2nd head of north ossetia -- alania 30 january 1998 dzasokhova fariz bahtangireevna vladimir putin 7 april 2000-1 . jpg alexander dzasokhov
 7 june 2005 aleksandr sergeyevich dzasokhov Александр Серге́евич Дзасохов
alexander dzasokhov

aleksandr sergeyevich dzasokhov -lrb- ; -rrb- is the former head of the republic of north ossetia -- alania .
he was born april 3 , 1934 in vladikavkaz , graduated in 1957 from the north caucasus mining metallurgical institute and holds a doctorate in politics .
from 1992 - 1993 , he was a people 's deputy of russian federation and from 1993 -- 1995 , deputy of the state duma of the russian federation .
on january 18 , 1998 , elected president of north ossetia with 76 % of the vote and was re-elected on january 27 , 2002 , with 56,02 % of the vote .
he voluntarily quit his post on may 31 , 2005 and was succeeded by taimuraz mamsurov .
he is currently a representative of the republic of north ossetia in the federation republic .
on january 13 , 2006 he testified at the trial of nur-pashi kulayev , the lone surviving terrorist from school no. 1 in beslan .
two buses full of victims arrived in vladikavkaz on that day to see his long-awaited court appearance .
although many victims consider dzasokhov among of those guilty for the beslan school hostage crisis on september 1-september 3 , 2004 , the situational investigation carried out by the prosecutor general 's office determined that no officials were to blame for the deaths , so he could testify without fear of legal ramifications for himself .
dzasokhov is a doctor of political science , ph.d. , author of several books and numerous articles .
he speaks several foreign languages .
member of russian academy of arts .
in 1973 he defended his thesis `` the processes of formation of the newly independent states '' -lrb- a part-time graduate of the central committee academy of social sciences -rrb- .
