Merab Chigoev

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
Minister of Justice
In office
5 July 2005 – 18 August 2008
PresidentEduard Kokoity
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] At the time of his death Chigoev was on the committee that was drafting the new Constitution of South Ossetia.[7]

  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". State Information Agency. State Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Constitution of South Ossetia must clearly define the main priorities of the state development, - Zhanna Zasseeva". State Information Agency. Retrieved 1 April 2024.