United Ossetia (, ) is a political party in

South Ossetia South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus with International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partial diplomatic recognition. It has an offici ...

founded in 2012. In the 2014 parliamentary election it won 20 out of 34 seats, clearing the majority in the

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, unseating the Unity Party from power. In the

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the party lost its majority, while it could not secure a majority with other parties, resulting in a '

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Leadership

Between 2012 and 2017 the party was led by

Anatoliy Bibilov Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov (; , ; born 6 February 1970) is a South Ossetian military officer, was the fourth president of South Ossetia. He succeeded Leonid Tibilov as president on 21 April 2017 to 24 May 2022, following his election victory, b ...

, a former member of the Unity Party and losing contender in the 2011 presidential elections and current

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since his victory in the

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. When Bibilov took the presidential office, Alan Tadtaev became party chairman, and after the

he was elected as speaker of the parliament.

International relations

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: Cooperation agreement signed in 2018. *

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: Cooperation agreement signed in 2022.

History

2019 election

The party had their congress to name candidates to the 2019 parliamentary election on March 31, 2019, with Alan Tadtayev being named the party's leader. The congress was largely dominated by a speech by Bibilov, who thanked the party for their support in the 2017 presidential election, and that his success gave the party credibility. The party outlined its goals for the election as "ensuring the reliable security of our homeland, national unity, economic development, improving the well-being and well-being of citizens, generating innovative ideas and proposals." Noticeably absent from their platform was a call for Russia to annex South Ossetia, a call they campaigned on in

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, and a significant softening of their Russian stance as, during the entire congress, the word "Russia" was never said by any of the speakers.

2024 election

In 2024, citing Bibilov and the party's handling of the investigation and protests following the Murder of Inal Djabiev, five of the fourteen United Ossetia MPs left the party and founded a new splinter party For Justice led by Harry Muldarov.

External links

Official website

References

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