Merab Chigoev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMerab Chigoev
South Ossetia politician
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Place of Birth: South Ossetia, Georgia
About Merab Chigoev
- Merab Ilyich Chigoev (Russian: ????´? ????´? ????´??; Ossetian: ??????? ?????? ???? ?????; Georgian: ????? ????? ?? ???????; 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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