Gerasim Georgievich Khugayev Герасим Георгевич Хугаев |
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Prime Minister of South Ossetia | |
In office October 1993 – May 1994 |
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President | Lyudvig Chibirov |
Preceded by | Oleg Teziev |
Succeeded by | Feliks Zassiev |
In office December 2001 – August 2003 |
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President | Eduard Kokoity |
Preceded by | Dmitry Sanakoyev |
Succeeded by | Igor Sanakoyev |
Personal details | |
Born |
Chasaval, Soviet Union |
November 15, 1946
Gerasim "Rezo" Georgievich Khugayev (Ossetian: Хуыгаты Георгийы фырт Герасим (Резо), Xuygaty Georgijy fyrt Gerasim (Rezo); Georgian: გერასიმე ხუგაევმა, Gerasime Xugaevma; Russian: Герасим (Резо) Георгевич Хугаев; born on 15 November 1946 in Chasaval, Dzau district, South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) 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.
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.