Aza Konstantinovna Habalova () (born April 13, 1958) is a

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 ...

n politician. She formerly held the post of Minister of Finance in the

Government of South Ossetia The Government of the Republic of South Ossetia is the political leadership of the partially recognised Republic of South Ossetia. Executive branch South Ossetia's head of state is the president, the current president is Alan Gagloev. The hea ...

. Habalova is a native of

Tskhinvali Tskhinvali ( ka, ცხინვალი ) or Tskhinval (, ; , ) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except by Russia and four other UN m ...

. She graduated from Faculty of Economics at

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in 1981 with a degree in economics. Beginning in 1995 she taught at

South Ossetian State University The South Ossetian State University, also known as Alexander Tibilov State University (in Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны паддзахадон университет, in Georgian: სამხრეთ ოსეთის პედა� ...

. During her career she has held positions with various branches of the South Ossetian government, including as chief accountant of the Ministry of National Resources and chairing the Committee on Interaction with International Organizations and the Committee on Economics. She was appointed to the post of Minister of Finance on May 19, 2012, in a decree signed by

President of South Ossetia The president of the Republic of South Ossetia (, ) is the ''de facto'' head of state of the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partially recognized South Ossetia, Republic of South Ossetia that is ''de jure'' part of Geor ...

Leonid Tibilov Leonid Kharitonovich Tibilov (; ; ka, ლეონიდ თიბილოვი, Leonid Tibilovi; born 28 March 1951) is a South Ossetian politician who served as the third president of South Ossetia from 2012 to 2017 after winning the 2012 So ...

. She succeeded Irina Sytnik in the post. Habalova had previously served as Minister of Finance from 1999 until 2008; she was reappointed to the post once again in 2017 by President

Anatoly Bibilov Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov (; , ; born 6 February 1970) is a South Ossetian military officer, was the fourth president of South Ossetia. He succeeded Leonid Tibilov as president on 21 April 2017 to 24 May 2022, following his election victory, but ...

. She is married with two children.

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