Boris Yeliozovich Chochiev (

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: Борис Елиозович Чочиев; ; 1 November 1957 – 22 July 2021) was a South Ossetian politician who briefly served as

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in 2008.

Biography

Chochiev became Prime Minister on 18 August 2008, after South Ossetian President

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had dismissed the former government and proclaimed a

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. On 22 October 2008, the South Ossetian parliament appointed Aslanbek Bulatsev as new Prime Minister. Before becoming Prime Minister, Chochiev served as first deputy minister, as well chief negotiator for the South Ossetian secessionist government. Chochiev was also a member of the

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Death

Chochiev died from

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on 22 July 2021, in

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. He was 63 years old.

References

1957 births 2021 deaths People from Tskhinval district Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Prime ministers of South Ossetia Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{SouthOssetia-stub