Merab Ilyich Chigoev
Мераб Ильич Чигоев
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
In office
August 1998 – June 2001
PresidentLyudvig Chibirov
Preceded byAleksandr Shavlokhov
Succeeded byDmitry Sanakoyev
Personal details
Born(1951-02-15)15 February 1951
Leningor district, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died9 January 2016(2016-01-09) (aged 64)
Tskhinvali, South Ossetia
Political partyCommunist Party of South Ossetia

Merab Ilyich Chigoev (Russian: Мера́б Ильи́ч Чиго́ев; Ossetian: Цгъойты Ильяйы фырт Мераб; Georgian: მერაბ ილიას ძე ჩიგოევი; 15 February 1951 – 9 January 2016) was a Georgian South Ossetian politician and former Prime Minister, from August 1998 until June 2001.[1][2] He was also Minister of Justice in Yury Morozov's cabinet.[3]

Chigoev graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1973.[1]

In the 2009 parliamentary election, Chigoev was a candidate for the Communist Party of South Ossetia.[4] Chigoev was number 8 on the list, and as the party received enough votes for 8 seats, Chigoev was entitled to a seat in the Parliament of South Ossetia.[5]

Chigoev was killed in a traffic accident in Tskhinvali on 9 January 2016.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b (in Russian) Labyrinth.ru: Profile of Merab I. Chigoev
  2. ^ Rulers.org: South Ossetia
  3. ^ (in Russian) Caucasian Knot: South Ossetian government directory
  4. ^ (in Russian) Communist Party, profile at the South Ossetian electoral commission Archived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ (in Russian) South Ossetian electoral commission: Summary of election results Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Памяти Мераба Ильича Чигоева". cominf.org. State Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
Political offices Preceded byAleksandr Shavlokhov Prime Minister of South Ossetia 1998–2001 Succeeded byDmitry Sanakoyev


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