Dmitry Sanakoyev
Dmitry Sanakoyev | |
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| Defense Minister of South Ossetia | |
| In office 2000–2000 | |
| Primer Minister of South Ossetia | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Head of the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. | |
| In office May 04, 2007 – incumbent | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 31, 1969 Tskhinvali, Georgia |
| Political party | The Salvation Union of South Ossetia |
| Residence | Kurta |
Dmitry Sanakoev (born in Java, South Ossetia, 1969) is a South Ossetian politician and Head of the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. Dimitri Sanakoev was defense minister and then prime minister of breakaway South Ossetia for several months in 2001 when the region was run by de facto President Lyudvig Chibirov. Sanakoev was elected as alternative president of South Ossetia, a secessionist republic officially recognised as being part of Georgia, after winning alternative elections organised by the opposition to the de facto incumbent, Eduard Kokoity. On May 04, 2007 the Georgian government created the temporary legal authority in South Ossetia which later was known as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. Sanakoev was offered to head this administration and participate directly in negotiation process and finalization of conflict settlement between ethnic Ossetians and central government.
Sanakoyev fought on the Ossetian side during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in the early 1990s. Later, he served as defense minister and then as prime minister for several months in 2001 under Kokoity's predecessor, Lyudvig Chibirov, but left South Ossetia for Moscow after Kokoity came to power.
On November 13, in a so-called "alternative" poll organized by The Salvation Union of South Ossetia in Georgian- and Ossetian villages not controlled by the separatists, Sanakoyev was declared the president-elect, with more than 80 percent of the vote. His campaign posters were prominently posted on walls outside polling stations in Georgian-controlled villages, benefited from extensive media coverage in the Georgian press. His election manifesto envisaged the restoration of the region's status as a republic within Georgia and a program of measures to spur economic growth.
At his November 13 press conference, Kokoity termed Sanakoyev and Karkusov, head of the alternative election commission and a former advisor to Kokoity, "traitors to their homeland and traitors to the South Ossetian people." The South Ossetian media launched a campaign to discredit and compromise Sanakoyev, accusing him of corruption, duplicity, and collaborating with Georgian intelligence.
In December 2006, Sanakoyev formed his government, choosing not to include the post of defense minister.[1] On May 10 2007, Dmitry Sanakoyev was appointed by the President of Georgia the Head of South Ossetian Provisional Administrative Entity. Next day, Sanakoyev addressed the Parliament of Georgia in Ossetic, outlining his vision of the conflict resolution plan (full text).[2] The move earned appraisal from the United States State Department, but alarmed the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali which ordered to block the traffic to the ethnic Georgian villages and threatened to oust Sanakoyev’s government by force, but surprisingly received Russia’s disapproval.[3]
References
- ^ Dmitry Sanakoev Formed Alternative Government Of South Ossetia - The Georgian Times, November 12, 2006.
- ^ Head of S.Ossetia Administration Addresses Georgian Parliament. Civil Georgia. May 11 2007. Retrieved on May 12, 2007.
- ^ Eduard Kokoity Makes Siege Mistake. Kommersant. Retrieved on May 12, 2007.