Merab Ilyich Chigoev (Russian: Мера́б Ильи́ч Чиго́ев; Ossetian: Цгъойты Ильяйы фырт Мераб; Georgian: მერაბ ილიას ძე ჩიგოევი; 15 February 1950 – 9 January 2016) was a Georgian South Ossetian politician and former Prime Minister, from August 1998 until June 2001.
[3] Chigoev graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1973.
[1] In the 2009 parliamentary election, Chigoev was a candidate for the Communist Party of South Ossetia.
[5] Chigoev was killed in a traffic accident in Tskhinvali on 9 January 2016.
[6] At the time of his death Chigoev was on the committee that was drafting the new Constitution of South Ossetia.