Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity (Ossetic: Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Russian: Эдуа́рд Джабе́евич Коко́йты, Georgian: ედუარდ კოკოითი; surname also rendered as Kokoyty or Kokoiti or in a Russified version as Kokoyev) is the current President of South Ossetia, recognised only by Russia and Nicaragua, but which is claimed with wider recognition by Georgia.

Born in 1964, Kokoity is a former member, and champion, of the former Soviet Union's national wrestling team. Prior to 1989, he was the First Secretary of the Tskhinvali branch of the Komsomol, the Young Communist League. He moved to Moscow in 1992 where he became a businessman after learning about the intrigues of capitalism, before moving back to South Ossetia in 2001.

He was elected president at the age of 38 with a large majority in the presidential elections of November-December 2001. In the first round of the elections on November 18, 2001, he collected 45% of the votes, Stanislav Kochiev 24%, and incumbent Lyudvig Chibirov 21%. He won 53% of the vote against 40% for Stanislav Kochiev in the second round on December 6 and took office on December 18.