Yury Alexandrovich Kokov ( kbd, КӀуэкӀуэ Александр и къуэ Юрэ, K'uək'uə Aleksandr yi quə Yurə ; russian: Юрий Александрович Коков; born August 13, 1955) is a Russian
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
who served as Head of
Kabardino-Balkaria
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
from 2013 to 2018.
He has the federal state civilian service rank of
.
Biography
Kokov graduated from the Law Department of
Rostov State University
Southern Federal University (), abbreviated as SFedU () and formerly known as Rostov State University (1957–2006), is a public university in Rostov Oblast, Russia with campuses in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.
History
Southern Federal Unive ...
and joined the agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR in 1979.
Until 1999 he held various positions in criminal investigation units, in the Council of Ministers and in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In 1999 he was transferred to work in Moscow.
On December 6, 2013 he was appointed Acting Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.
On October 9, 2014, deputies of the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria unanimously elected Kokov as head of the republic.
In September 2018
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
appointed Yuri Kokov as Deputy Secretary of the
Security Council of Russia
The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; russian: Совет безопасности Российской Федерации (СБРФ), Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (SBRF)) is a constitutional consultative bo ...
.
Family
Married. Wife Zhanna Kokova (Babaeva), notary. Has two daughters.
References
Sources
Официальный сайт Главы и Правительства Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Республики
External links
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1955 births
Living people
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
People from Nalchik
Kabardino-Balkaria
Heads of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Circassian people of Russia
Russian Sunni Muslims
Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)