Valery Kokov

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Valery Kokov
Валерий Коков КӀуэкӀуэ Валерий
Kokov in 2001
1st President of Kabardino-Balkaria
In office January 9, 1992 – February 23, 2005
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Arsen Kanokov
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
In office September 1, 1990 – January 9, 1992
Succeeded by	Position abolished
First Secretary of the Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office February 21, 1990 – September 1, 1990
Preceded by	Yevgeny Yeliseyev
Succeeded by	Boris Zumakulov
Personal details
Born	(1941-10-18)October 18, 1941 Nizhny Baksan, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	October 29, 2005(2005-10-29) (aged 64) Moscow, Russia
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1969–1991)
Spouse(s)	Violetta Taubievna Kokova(????–2005) (his death)
Children	2
Awards	Order of Merit for the Fatherland Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of Honour and Glory of Abkhazia

Valery Mukhamedovich Kokov (Russian: Валерий Мухамедович Коков; Kabardian: КӀуэкӀуэ Мухьэмэд и къуэ Валерий, K'uək'uə Muhəməd i Quə Valeriy October 18, 1941 – October 29, 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician of Kabardian ethnicity.^[1]