Gerasim Khugayev

Gerasim Georgievich Khugayev
Герасим Георгевич Хугаев
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
In office
October 1993  May 1994
President Lyudvig Chibirov
Preceded by Oleg Teziev
Succeeded by Feliks Zassiev
In office
December 2001  August 2003
President Eduard Kokoity
Preceded by Dmitry Sanakoyev
Succeeded by Igor Sanakoyev
Personal details
Born (1945-11-15) November 15, 1945
Chasaval, Soviet Union

Gerasim "Rezo" Georgievich Khugayev (Ossetian: Хуыгаты Георгийы фырт Герасим (Резо), Georgian: გერასიმე ხუგაევმა, Russian: Герасим (Резо) Георгевич Хугаев; born on 15 November 1945 in Chasaval, Dzau district, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union[1]) is an Ossetian politician a 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.[1][2]

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. 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, and then Prime Minister.[1]

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.[3]

In 2001, Khugayev led the Eduard Kokoity's campaign for the 2001 presidential election. After Kokoity won, he appointed Khugayev as his first prime minister.[4]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Oleg Teziev
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
1993–1994
Succeeded by
Feliks Zassiev
Preceded by
Dmitry Sanakoyev
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
2001–2003
Succeeded by
Igor Sanakoyev


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