Merab Chigoev

Merab Ilyich Chigoev (Russian: Мера́б Ильи́ч Чиго́ев; Ossetian: Цгъойты Ильяйы фырт Мераб; Georgian: მერაბ ილიას ძე ჩიგოევი; 15 February 1950 – 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]

Merab Ilyich Chigoev Мераб Ильич Чигоев
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
In office August 1998 – June 2001
President	Lyudvig Chibirov
Preceded by	Aleksandr Shavlokhov
Succeeded by	Dmitry Sanakoyev
Minister of Justice
In office 5 July 2005 – 18 August 2008
President	Eduard Kokoity
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-15)15 February 1951 Leningor district, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	9 January 2016(2016-01-09) (aged 65) Tskhinvali, South Ossetia
Political party	Communist Party of South Ossetia

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]