Boris Eliozovich Chochiev (Russian

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: Борис Елиозович Чочиев, born 1 November 1957 in Styrkom, Tskhinvali district, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

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, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

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) is a former acting Prime Minister

Prime Minister of South Ossetia

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 of South Ossetia

South Ossetia

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. He became Prime Minister on 18 August 2008, after South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity

Eduard Kokoity

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 had dismissed the former government and proclaimed a state of emergency

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. On 22 October 2008, the South Ossetian parliament appointed Aslanbek Bulatsev

Aslanbek Bulatsev

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 as new Prime Minister.

Before becoming Prime Minister, Chochiev served as first deputy minister, as well chief negotiator for the South Ossetian secessionist government.

Chochiev was also a member of the Joint Control Commission.