Valeriy Hubulov Explained

Valeriy Nikolaevich Khubulov
Валерий Николаевич Хубулов
Birth Date:6 November 1966[1]
Birth Place:Tskhinval, Soviet Union
Death Place:Vladikavkaz, Russia
Office:Defense Minister of South Ossetia
President1:Lyudvig Chibirov
Term Start:1993
Term End:1996?
Office2:Prime Minister of South Ossetia
President2:Lyudvig Chibirov
Term Start2:25 September 1996
Term End2:2 December 1996
Acting
Predecessor2:Vladislav Gabarayev
Successor2:Aleksandr Shavlokhov

Valeriy Nikolaevich Khubulov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Хубулов; Ossetian: Хуыбылты Никъалайы фырт Валерий; 6 November 1966 – 31 May 1998) was a South Ossetian politician, who was minister of defense and acting prime minister in 1996. He was assassinated in 1998 while in Russia.

Life

Khubulov was born in Tskhinvali in 1966. He was trained as a high school teacher at Tskhinvali University, specializing in physics and mathematics.[2] He graduated in 1990. From 1984 till 1986, Khubulov served in the Soviet Army.[3] In 1991 he was elected the First Secretary of the South Ossetian Komsomol and as a member of the Central Committee of Soviet Komsomol.[2]

Khubulov was an active participant in the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War, leading and coordinating various resistance groups against the Georgian invasion. After the war, he participated in the signing of the Sochi agreement. He also fought in the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993), leading a South Ossetian unit fighting on the Abkhazian side, for which he was awarded the Order of Leon by president Vladislav Ardzinba.[2]

In 1993, Khubulov initiated the founding of the South Ossetian ministry of defense, of which he became the first minister. At the same time, he was also made deputy PM in the cabinet of Gerasim Khugayev.[2]

When PM Vladislav Gabarayev was fired in August 1996, Khubulov, as deputy PM, succeeded him and became acting prime minister for several months, until a replacement was found in Aleksandr Shavlokhov.[4]

Death

Khubulov was assassinated by unknown killers at the market place of Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia–Alania on 31 May 1998. The gunmen opened fire on his car with AK-47s. Later, police found his car blown up in the yard of a neighbouring school, but the murderers were never caught.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://alania.clan.su/blog/2007-04-22-13
  2. Ossetians.ru Necrology of Valeriy Khubulov
  3. Ossetians.ru Necrology of Valeriy Khubulov
  4. Rulers of South Ossetia