| Valery Kokov | |
| Order: | 1st President of Kabardino-Balkaria |
| Term Start: | January 9, 1992 |
| Term End: | February 23, 2005 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Arsen Kanokov |
| Order2: | Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Term Start2: | September 1, 1990 |
| Term End2: | January 9, 1992 |
| Successor2: | Position abolished |
| Order3: | First Secretary of the Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Term Start3: | February 21, 1990 |
| Term End3: | September 1, 1990 |
| Predecessor3: | Yevgeny Yeliseyev |
| Successor3: | Boris Zumakulov |
| Birth Date: | October 18, 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Nizhny Baksan, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Spouse: | Violetta Taubievna Kokova(????–2005) (his death) |
| Party: | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1969–1991) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Awards: | Order of Merit for the Fatherland Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of Honour and Glory of Abkhazia |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
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Valery Mukhamedovich Kokov (; kbd|КӀуэкӀуэ Мухьэмэд и къуэ Валерий|translit=K'uək'uə Muhəməd i Quə Valeriy, October 18, 1941 – October 29, 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician of Kabardian ethnicity.[1]
Kokov was born in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria. He was the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria from 1990 to 2005. He was chairman of the republic's supreme Soviet from 1990 to 1991 and was elected President for the first time in 1992.
He effectively neutralized opposition and was re-elected twice in landslide victories; in 1997 with 98% of the vote and in 2002 with 87% of the vote. He successfully maintained stability in the republic though it is close to the war-torn republic of Chechnya. Kokov suffered from cancer for several years before his death. On February 23, 2005, he announced his resignation.
He did not give any reason for his departure, which came nearly a year and a half before the end of his term. He stayed in office until his successor, Arsen Kanokov was chosen two weeks later. During October 2005 his health rapidly declined and he died in the central clinical hospital in Moscow of cancer, a month after leaving office. He is survived by his daughter, son and his wife.
Kokov was married to Violetta Taubievna Kokova, and they had one daughter and one son, Kazbek Kokov, who became head of KBR in 2018.
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