Boris Chochiev

Boris Eliozovich Chochiev (Russian: Борис Елиозович Чочиев; Ossetian: Цоциты Елиозы фырт Барис; 1 November 1957 – 22 July 2021)[1] was a South Ossetian politician. He was the acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia in 2008.[2] He became Prime Minister on 18 August 2008, after South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity had fired the former government.

Chochiev died on 22 July 2021 in Vladikavkaz, Russia from COVID-19 at the age of 63.[3]

References

  1. "Profile of Boris Eliozovich Chochiev". Ministry of Press and Mass Communication (in русский).
  2. "S.Ossetian leader sacks government, proclaims state of emergency". RIA Novosti. 18 August 2008. http://en.rian.ru/world/20080818/116096709.html. Retrieved 19 August 2008. 
  3. (in ru) Скончался государственный и политический деятель Южной Осетии Борис Чочиев. 22 July 2021. https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20210722/12554537/Skonchalsya-gosudarstvennyy-i-politicheskiy-deyatel-Yuzhnoy-Osetii-Boris-Chochiev.html.