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,
South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (russian: Юго-Осетинская автономная область, ka, სამხრეთ ოსეთის ავტონომიური ოლქი, os, Хуссар Ирыстоны ав ...
,
Georgian SSR
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,
Soviet Union
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[ Regnum]
Ossetians evicted from the Pankisi Gorge
(4 August 2003)) is an
Ossetia
Ossetia ( , ; os, Ирыстон or , or ; russian: Осетия, Osetiya; ka, ოსეთი, translit. ''Oseti'') is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. ...
n politician and former
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
of the
Republic of South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...
. 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
Lyudvig Alekseyevich Chibirov ( os, Цыбырты Алексейы фырт Людвиг ''Tseberte Alêksêye fert Lyudvig'', ka, ლუდვიგ ჩიბიროვი, russian: Лю́двиг Алексе́евич Чи́биров; bor ...
, and then again from December 2001 until August 2003, as the first Prime Minister appointed by
President of South Ossetia
The president of the Republic of South Ossetia ( os, Хуссар Ирыстоны президент, russian: Президент Южной Осетии) is the ''de facto'' head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia ...
Eduard Kokoity
Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Ĝabejy fyrt Edward; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as President of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia. His t ...
.
From 1975 until 1981, Khugayev studied at the
psychology
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department of the
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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. In 1981, he was elected party secretary in
Kvaisa
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. 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, 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. 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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