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Valery Kokov | |
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Валерий Коков КӀуэкӀуэ Валерий | |
 Kokov in 2001 | |
| 1st President of Kabardino-Balkaria | |
| In office January 9, 1992 – February 23, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Arsen Kanokov |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office September 1, 1990 – January 9, 1992 | |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| First Secretary of the Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office February 21, 1990 – September 1, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Yevgeny Yeliseyev |
| Succeeded by | Boris Zumakulov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 18, 1941 Nizhny Baksan, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | October 29, 2005 (aged 64) Moscow, Russia |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1969–1991) |
| Spouse(s) | Violetta Taubievna Kokova(????–2005) (his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards |   Order of Merit for the Fatherland Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of Honour and Glory of Abkhazia |
Valery Mukhamedovich Kokov (Russian: Валерий Мухамедович Коков; Kabardian: КӀуэкӀуэ Мухьэмэд и къуэ Валерий, romanized: K'uək'uə Muhəməd i Quə Valeriy, October 18, 1941 – October 29, 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician of Kabardian ethnicity.[1]
- ^ Saunders, Robert A. (2019-09-20). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-5381-2048-4.