Aleksandr Apollonovich Shavlokhov (, born in 1939 in

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South Ossetia South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus with International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partial diplomatic recognition. It has an offici ...

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, from 1996 until August 1998. Shavlokhov was educated as a mechanical engineer in Moscow. From 1965 until 1974, he worked at the "Elektrovibromashina" factory in Tskhinvali, where he was appointed director in 1973. From 1974 until 1981, he headed the executive committee of the Tskhinvali City Council. In 1996, after

Lyudvig Chibirov Lyudvig Alekseyevich Chibirov ( ''Tseberte Alêksêye fert Lyudvig'', ka, ლუდვიგ ჩიბიროვი, ; born 19 November 1932) was the Chairman of the Parliament and later, following inaugural elections the first president of Sou ...

had been elected as South Ossetia's first president, Shavlokhov became Chibirov's prime minister. During his time as PM, foreign contacts of South Ossetia were intensified, and programs were adopted to deepen the integration of North and South Ossetia.

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Thirteen South Ossetian PMs
(2 November 2008)

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1939 births Living people Prime ministers of South Ossetia People from Tskhinvali {{SouthOssetia-stub