Znaur Gassiev | |
|---|---|
Гасситы Знауыр | |
 Znaur Gassiyev (2009) | |
| 2nd Head of State of South Ossetia | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Torez Kulumbegov |
| Succeeded by | Torez Kulumbegov |
| Chairman of Parliament for South Ossetia | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Stanislav Kochiev |
| Succeeded by | Stanislav Kochiev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Znaur Nikolayevich Gassiyev 17 March 1925 Tskhinvali, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR |
| Died | 6 March 2016 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | Ossetian |
| Political party | Unity Party |
Znaur Nikolayevich Gassiyev (Ossetian: Гасситы Никъалайы фырт Знауыр / Gaššite Nikhalaye fert Znawer, Georgian: ზნაურ გასიევი, Russian: Знаур Николаевич Гассиев; 17 March 1925 – 6 March 2016) was a South Ossetian politician, who was one of the leaders of the South Ossetian independence movement in the early 1990s, which culminated in the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.[1]
- ^ (in Russian) Leaders of South Ossetia Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine