(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]
^ ab(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.
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