| Merab Ilyich Chigoev Мераб Ильич Чигоев | |
| Office: | Prime Minister of South Ossetia |
| President: | Lyudvig Chibirov |
| Term Start: | August 1998 |
| Term End: | June 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Aleksandr Shavlokhov |
| Successor: | Dmitry Sanakoyev |
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Leningor district, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Tskhinvali, South Ossetia |
| Party: | Communist Party of South Ossetia |
Merab Ilyich Chigoev (Russian: Мера́б Ильи́ч Чиго́ев; Ossetian; Ossetic: Цгъойты Ильяйы фырт Мераб; Georgian: მერაბ ილიას ძე ჩიგოევი; 15 February 1951 – 9 January 2016) was a Georgian South Ossetian politician and former Prime Minister, from August 1998 until June 2001.[1] [2] He was also Minister of Justice in Yury Morozov's cabinet.[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.[4] Chigoev was number 8 on the list, and as the party received enough votes for 8 seats, Chigoev was entitled to a seat in the Parliament 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.[7]