Merab Chigoev


Merab Ilyich Chigoev 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.