Kazbek Borisovich Dzantiev
Kazbek Borissowitsch Dzantijew ( Russian Казбек Борисович Дзантиев ; born January 20, 1952 in Novo-Digorskoye ( North Ossetian ASSR ), † June 19, 2011 in Vladikavkaz ) was a North Ossetian politician and interior minister of his country.
Dzantiev graduated from the Franse Military Academy with honors in 1986 (today the General Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces). Between 1976 and 1996 he served in various command posts in the internal forces of the USSR in Moscow and Tashkent . In Uzbekistan he also worked as the deputy head of the Tashkent Higher Military Technical School.
In January 2002, ahead of the presidential election, he was bombed while driving his car to work. There were no dead or injured. As Minister of the Interior, he was also the country's police chief at the beginning of September 2004. After the serious terrorist hostage-taking of Beslan , which ended in a bloody catastrophe, he resigned on September 5, 2004. He was not forced to, but made this decision voluntarily. According to Dzantiev in a statement, after everything that had happened, he could not be responsible as an officer for remaining at his post.
Web links
- Obituary on the website of the North Ossetian Ministry of the Interior (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Министр внутренних дел попросил отставки. In: Kommersant.ru. September 6, 2004, accessed March 11, 2020 (Russian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dzantiev, Kazbek Borisovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Дзантиев, Казбек Борисович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Ossetian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novo-Digorskoye |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 2011 |
| Place of death | Vladikavkaz |