Merab Chigoev

Merab Ilyich Chigoev Мераб Ильич Чигоев

Prime Minister of South Ossetia
In office August 1998 – June 2001
President	Lyudvig Chibirov
Preceded by	Aleksandr Shavlokhov
Succeeded by	Dmitry Sanakoyev

Personal details
Born	(1951-02-15)15 February 1951 Leningor district, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	9 January 2016(2016-01-09) (aged 64) Tskhinvali, South Ossetia
Political party	Communist 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] At the time of his death Chigoev was on the committee that was drafting the new Constitution of South Ossetia.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b (in Russian) Labyrinth.ru: Profile of Merab I. Chigoev
^ Rulers.org: South Ossetia
^ (in Russian) Caucasian Knot: South Ossetian government directory
^ (in Russian) Communist Party, profile at the South Ossetian electoral commission Archived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Russian) South Ossetian electoral commission: Summary of election results Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Памяти Мераба Ильича Чигоева". cominf.org. State Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "Constitution of South Ossetia must clearly define the main priorities of the state development, - Zhanna Zasseeva". cominf.org. Retrieved 1 April 2024.