Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
South Ossetia (In Ossetian: Khussar Iryston, in Georgian Samkhreti Oseti)
Self-declared breakaway Republic from Georgia, with de-facto independence from 1992, not recognized by the international community, except for Russia from 2008). In the wake of the 2008 South Ossetia War, Nicaragua, Russia, Venezuela and Nauru recognized South Ossetia as an independent republic.[7][8][9][10] Georgia does not recognize South Ossetia's existence as a political entity, and considers most of its territory a part of the Shida Kartli region within Georgian sovereign territory.

1998-2001 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Evelina Gagloyeva

2005-08 Minister of Finance Aza Konstantinovna Khabalova

2005-08 Minister of Education Alla Alekseevna Dzhioeva

2006-07 Minister of Foreign Affairs Maia Chigoyeva-Tsaboshvili
2007- Minister of Civil Integration
Attempted to run as presidential candidate in of the "alternative government", but it was refused as she lived abroad at the time. (b. ca. 1966-).

2008-09 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism Eleonora Hristoforovna Bedoeva

2008-09 Minister of Press and Mass Communications Irina Yureva Gagloeva

2009- Minister of Youth, Education and Science Arjana Konstantinovna Dzhioeva

2009- Minister of Finance Irina Andreevna Sytnik
Former Financial Director of the Moscow Institute of Banking. (b. 1974-)

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