The First Secretary of the South Ossetian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the South Ossetian AO in the Georgian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in June 1918, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.
| Name | Term of Office | Life years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||
| Chairman of the Organization Bureau | ||||
| Vladimir Sanakoyev | June 1918 | July 30, 1918 | 1884–1937 | |
| Chairman of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party | ||||
| Vladimir Sanakoyev | July 30, 1918 | 1920 | 1884–1937 | |
| First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party | ||||
| Sergey Gagloyev | 1921 | 1921 | 1896–1938 | |
| Vladimir Sanakoyev | 1921 | April 22, 1924 | 1884–1937 | |
| Aleksandr Dzhatiyev | 1924 | ? | 1891–1937 | |
| Sergey Kudryavtsev | 1929 | 1930? | 1903–1938 | |
| Isaak Zhvaniya | 1932 | 1934? | ?–1937 | |
| Boris (Abdul-Bekir) Tautiyev | 1936? | 1937 | ?–1937 | |
| Georgiy Gochashvili | 1937 | 1938 | 1904–? | |
| Vladimir Tskhovrebashvili | February 1938 | January 1949 | 1905–1977 | |
| Akaky Imnadze | January 1949 | May 1953 | 1908–? | |
| Ivan Kudzhiashvili | May 1953 | 1954 | 1906–? | |
| Grigory Sanakoyev | 1954 | 1959 | 1914–? | |
| Vladimir Kozayev | 1959 | 1962 | 1917–? | |
| Iosif Chiayev | 1962 | February 1965 | 1907–? | |
| Georgy Dzhussoyev | February 1965 | November 1973 | 1926– | |
| Feliks Sanakoyev | November 1973 | April 1988 | 1939– | |
| Anatoly Chekhoyev | April 1988 | January 1990 | 1950– | |
| Valnin Tskhovrebashvili | January 1990 | February 1991 | 1933– | |
| Znaur Gassiyev | February 1991 | August 1991 | 1925– | |