Taymuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov (, ; b. April 13, 1954) is the former head of the

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. He succeeded

Alexander Dzasokhov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dzasokhov () is the former head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. Biography He was born 3 April 1934, in Vladikavkaz, graduated in 1957 from the North Caucasus Mining Metallurgical Institute and holds a doctorate i ...

, who voluntarily quit his post on May 31, 2005.

Biography

A graduate of the North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mamsurov has also obtained a degree in history from the Academy of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the

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(CPSU). He made his career in the

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, "Communist Union of Youth", in the 1970s and advanced through the ranks of the CPSU in the 1980s. He was elected a deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania in 1994 and was then put in charge of the administration of the republic's Pravoberezhny district in 1995. He chaired the North Ossetian government from February 1998 to October 2000 and the republic's parliament from October 19, 2000 until June 7, 2005, when he was approved, at the initiative of the then-

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, as the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. Mamsurov has been allied with Putin and holds a position in the

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party's Supreme Council as well as in the Presidium of Russia's State Council.Мамсуров Таймураз Дзамбекович
(Mamsurov, Taymuraz Dzambekovich). The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania official portal. Retrieved on 2007-07-10. Mamsurov's official biography credits him with economic successes in the republic and describes him as a "centrist" politician with liberal views. Mamsurov's rule in North Ossetia coincided with a deterioration of the relations with the neighboring republic of

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with which Ossetians fought a war over the

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early in the 1990s. He has accused the Ingushetian authorities of deliberately stirring up the dispute between the two republics and waging an "information war" against North Ossetia. Mamsurov also supports closer cooperation with

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's breakaway region which seeks integration with Russia though a union with North Ossetia. In July 2008, he accused the

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diplomats of plotting a " Jesuitical plan" of uniting South Ossetia and North Ossetia into a single entity in order to then push it into

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through Georgia.Мамсуров: отдельные силы хотят создать государство из обеих Осетий
("Mamsurov: Certain forces want to create a state of both Ossetias").

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. 2008-07-07. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.

Personal life

Mamsurov is married, and he has three children. His hobbies are philosophy and history.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mamsurov, Taymuraz 1954 births Living people People from Beslan Communist Party of the Soviet Union members United Russia politicians Heads of North Ossetia–Alania Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)