Lieutenant General Ibrahim Alimbegovich Gazseev () is a South Ossetian military leader and government official. He served as the
Minister of Defence of South Ossetia from 2016 to 2022.
Military career
He was born on 30 August 1978. He graduated from South Ossetian State University majoring in Physical Education in 2000 and again in 2013. Gazseyev was drafted into the
Armed Forces of South Ossetia
The Armed Forces of South Ossetia is the military of the partially recognised state of South Ossetia. The force consists of 16,000 soldiers: 2,500 officers and active-duty soldiers and 13,500 reservists. It includes an Army and an Air Corps.
Th ...
in 1996. At the same time he was sworn in, he was sent for further military service in the special forces company of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Defense. In 2012, he graduated from the
under the program of professional training for foreign specialists. In 2015, he got his master's degree from the
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. After holding senior-level posts in the ministry, he was finally appointed as minister in September 2016. He was also a deputy of the
Parliament of South Ossetia
The Parliament of South Ossetia is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. The 34 members of parliament are elected using a mixed system of Party-list proportional representation (17) and single-member di ...
in its 6th convocation.
On 25 February 2022, he was dismissed from the post of Minister of Defense. Later, he attempted to participate in the
2022 South Ossetian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the disputed territory of South Ossetia on 10 April 2022. As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 50% of the votes, a runoff was held on 8 May 2022, between the top two candidates, Alan Gagloye ...
against his former boss, saying that "as long as he remains a presidential candidate, he will simply not let us hold fair elections.”
Awards
He is a recipient of the following awards:
*Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of South Ossetia" (2003)
*Medal "Defender of the Fatherland" (2005)
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Uatsamonga Order
The Uatsamonga Order (, russian: Орден «Уацамонга») is a state award of South Ossetia. It was established in 2007. As of February 2015, it has no legislative support. In 2010, the Union of Knights of the Order was formed. The order ...
(2008)
*Medal "For Military Merit" (
Transnistria, 2006)
*Medal "For Military Valor" (
Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
, 2012)
*Medal "In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Republic of South Ossetia" (2015)
*Medal "For Military Merit" (2015)
References
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1978 births
Living people
South Ossetian military personnel
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration alumni