Otar Patsatsia | |
|---|---|
ოთარ ფაცაცია | |
| 3rd Prime Minister of Georgia | |
| In office 20 August 1993 – 5 October 1995 | |
| President | Eduard Shevardnadze |
| Preceded by | Tengiz Sigua |
| Succeeded by | Bakur Gulua (acting); Position abolished; Niko Lekishvili as the State Minister of Georgia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1929 Ingiri, Zugdidi Municipality, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 9 December 2021 (aged 92) Tbilisi, Georgia[1] |
Otar Patsatsia (Georgian: ოთარ ფაცაცია; 15 May 1929 – 9 December 2021) was a Georgian politician who served as the country's Prime Minister from 20 August 1993 to 5 October 1995.
A former Communist bureaucrat and enterprise manager, Patsatsia led the Georgian cabinet, with Eduard Shevardnadze as Georgia's Head of State, during the years of civil strife and economic crisis. His appointment as Prime Minister was an attempt to placate the supporters of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, militarily ousted in 1992, as Patsatsia was from Zugdidi, the powerbase of Gamsakhurdia loyalists.[2] After then holding a seat in the Parliament of Georgia from 1995 to 1999, he played no further role in politics.