The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a member of the South Ossetian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current Minister is Akhsar Dzhioev.
History THe office was created on May 28, 1992 during the First Ossetian War during a session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia as the Ministry of External Relations. The following day, May 29, South Ossetia unilaterally declared its independence from the no longer existent Soviet Union.
The Ministry played a major role in the negotiations to end the war and establish a joint Russian-Georgian peacekeeping mission. In 2002 the ministry was renamed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
List of foreign ministers This is a list of foreign ministers of South Ossetia.
Uruzhmag Dgioev - 1992-1994 Dmitry Medoev (first)- 1994-1996 Yuri Gagloyty - 1996-1998 Murat Dzhioev (first)- 1998-2012 David Sanakoev 2012-2015 Kazbulat Tskhovrebov - 2015-2016 Murat Dzhioev (second)-2016-2017 Dmitry Medoev (second)- 2017-2022 Akhsar Dzhioev - 2022-present
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