Kazbek Valeryevich Kokov ( Kabardian: КӀуэкӀуэ Валерэ и къуэ Къазбэч; , ; born 20 July 1973) is a Russian politician. He is head of

Kabardino-Balkaria Kabardino-Balkaria (), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. Its capital is Nalchik. The area contains the highest mountain in ...

since 3 October 2019 (acting head of KBR since September 2018). He is the son of the first president of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Biography

Kokov was born on 20 July 1973 in Vtoroy Lesken, which was then part of the

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. His father was the first President of

, Valery Kokov. He eventually graduated from the Kabardino-Balkar Institute of Agroforestry with a degree in agronomics. Afterward, from 1995 to 2002, he worked as Deputy General Director for the commercial and general matters of OAO Nalchiksky Halvich Plant. In addition, starting in 2002 until 2010, he has been the General Director of JSC "Kabbalkresury". From 2003 to 2007 he was a deputy of the City Council of the city of

Nalchik Nalchik (, ; ; ) is the capital city of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan (Beslan is in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania). It covers an area of ...

. In 2009 he became a Memebr of Parliament in Kabardino-Balkaria, which he is still part of. In 2010 he became Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Kabardino-Balkaria, and then in 2013 he became adviser to the regional managent unit of the

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for domestic policy and curator of the North Caucasus region. On 26 September 2018 Kokov was appointed Acting Head of Kabardino-Balkaria, and on 3 October 2019 became its official head.

Family

Kokov is married to Liana Ruslanovna, who is a teacher of labor laws at the Kabardino Balkarian State University located in

. Together they have two daughters.

References

External links

Официальный сайт Главы и Правительства Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Республики
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