Gerasim "Rezo" Georgievich Khugayev ( os, Хуыгаты Георгийы фырт Герасим (Резо), ''Xwêgatê Géorgiyê fêrt Gérasim (Rézo)''; ka, გერასიმე ხუგაევი, ''Gerasime Khugaevi''; russian: Герасим (Резо) Георгевич Хугаев; born on 15 November 1946 in
Chasaval,
Dzau district
Dzau District ( ka, ჯავის რაიონი, ''Javis raioni''; os, Дзауы район, ''Dzawy rajon''; russian: Дзауский район, ''Dzauskij rajon'') is a district in South Ossetia.
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(4 August 2003)) is an
Ossetian politician and former
Prime Minister of the
Republic of South Ossetia. He is the only South Ossetian Prime Minister to serve more than one time, at this date. He first served from October 1993 until May 1994 under Head of State
Lyudvig Chibirov, and then again from December 2001 until August 2003, as the first Prime Minister appointed by
President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity.
From 1975 until 1981, Khugayev studied at the
psychology department of the
Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 1981, he was elected party secretary in
Kvaisa
Kvaisi or Kvaisa ( ka, კვაისი , os, Къуайса ) is an urban-type settlement in the Oni Municipality of Georgia. According to the official subdivision of Georgia it is in the Oni district of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti r ...
. After a promotion in 1987, he became a member of the very first session of
South Ossetia's parliament. He was also actively involved in the
1991–1992 South Ossetia War
The 1991–1992 South Ossetia War (also known as the First South Ossetia War) was fought between Georgian government forces and ethnic Georgian militia on one side and the forces of South Ossetia and North Ossetian volunteers who wanted South ...
, where he commanded a unit. After the war, he first became deputy Prime Minister under PM Oleg Teziev and Head of State
Torez Kulumbegov
Torez Georgievich Kulumbegov ( os, Хъуылымбегты Торез; Qwelembêgte Torêž, ka, ტორეზ კულუმბეგოვი, russian: Торез Георгиевич Кулумбегов; September 2, 1938 – October ...
, and then Prime Minister.
In 1996, Khugayev was deputy PM in the cabinet of
Aleksandr Shavlokhov
Aleksandr Apollonovich Shavlokhov (russian: Александр Аполлонович Шавлохов, born in 1939 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union Labyrinth.ruProfile of Aleksandr Apollonovich Shavlokho ...
. He was also a candidate in the
1996 presidential election, the first ever held in the country. Khugayev finished 2nd, after incumbent Head of State Lyudvig Chibirov, with 23.9% of the vote.
In 2001, Khugayev led the Eduard Kokoity's campaign for the 2001 presidential elections. After Kokoity won, he appointed Khugayev as his first prime minister.
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Thirteen South Ossetian PMs
(2 November 2008)
References
1946 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of South Ossetia
People from Dzau District
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