President Lyudvig Chibirov Role Politician | Name Merab Chigoev Preceded by Aleksandr Shavlokhov Succeeded by Dmitry Sanakoyev | |
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Born 15 February 1950 (age 74)
Leningor district, Soviet Union ( 1950-02-15 ) Political party Communist Party of South Ossetia Party Communist Party of South Ossetia | ||
Education Moscow State University | ||
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. He was also Minister of Justice in Yury Morozov's cabinet.
Chigoev graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1973.
In the 2009 parliamentary election, Chigoev was a candidate for the Communist Party of South Ossetia. 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.
Chigoev was killed in a traffic accident in Tskhinvali on 9 January 2016.
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