Valery Kokov

Valery Kokov
Валерий Коков
КӀуэкӀуэ Валерий
1st President of Kabardino-Balkaria
In office
January 9, 1992 – February 23, 2005
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byArsen Kanokov
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
March 30, 1990 – September 17, 1991
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKhachim Karmokov
First Secretary of the Kabardino-Balkarian CPSU Regional Committee
In office
February 21, 1990 – September 1, 1990
Preceded byYevgeny Yeliseyev
Succeeded byBoris Zumakulov
Personal details
Born(1941-10-18)October 18, 1941
DiedOctober 29, 2005(2005-10-29) (aged 64)
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1969–1991)
Spouse(s)Violetta Taubievna Kokova(????–2005)
(his death)
Children2
AwardsOrder of Merit for the Fatherland
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Honour and Glory of Abkhazia
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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.