Leonid Tibilov

Leonid Kharitonovich Tibilow (Russian Леонид Харитонович Тибилов; Ossetian Тыбылты Харитъоны фырт Леонид; born May 28, 1952 in Werchni Dwan, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast ) is a South Ossetian politician and, since April 19, 2012 President of recognized only by a few States Republic of South Ossetia.

Life

Leonid Tibilow comes from a farming family from South Ossetia. He studied at the Faculty of the South Ossetian Pedagogical Institute, now the University of South Ossetia Physico- Mathematical. After he successfully completed his studies in 1975, he did his military service in the Red Army and worked as a mathematics and physics teacher. In 1981 he moved to the Soviet KGB, attended a training institute in Minsk and later worked in the Ministry of Security of South Ossetia, then still part of the Soviet Union.

When the Soviet Union broke up permanently in 1991 and South Ossetia broke away from Georgia, Tibilow head of the South Ossetian intelligence was He was in the 1990s, also a joint Georgian-South Ossetian peace mission.

In the South Ossetian presidential election in 2006 Tibilow approached, but was defeated by incumbent President Eduard Kokoity, who officially reached 98.1 % Votes In the 2012 presidential election Tibilow stepped in again as an independent candidate. He reached on the first ballot 42.5 % of the votes, beating the second place Dawid Sanakoev. In a subsequent runoff election between Sanakoev and Tibilow to the latter could eventually interspersed with 54 % of votes.

Tibilow took over on April 19 officially into office as President of South Ossetia. He is considered very russia friendly.

Leonid Tibilow is married and has two children.