Gerasim "Rezo" Georgievich Khugayev (Ossetian: Хуыгаты Георгийы фырт Герасим (Резо), Xwêgatê Géorgiyê fêrt Gérasim (Rézo); Georgian: გერასიმე ხუგაევი, Gerasime Khugaevi; Russian: Герасим (Резо) Георгевич Хугаев; 15 November 1946 – 22 October 2024) was an Ossetian politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia from 1993 to 1994, then again from 2001 to 2003.
[1] He was the only South Ossetian Prime Minister to serve more than one time, to date.
From 1975 until 1981, Khugayev studied at the psychology department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
[1] Khugayev first served as prime minister 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.
Khugayev finished 2nd, after incumbent Head of State Lyudvig Chibirov, with 23.9% of the vote.