Besarion Gugushvili | |
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ბესარიონ გუგუშვილი | |
 Gugushvili in 2017 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of Georgia | |
| In office 26 August 1991 – 6 January 1992 | |
| President | Zviad Gamsakhurdia |
| Preceded by | Murman Omanidze (acting) Tengiz Sigua |
| Succeeded by | Tengiz Sigua |
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| Born | (1945-05-06)6 May 1945 (age 80) |
Besarion Gugushvili (Georgian:ბესარიონ გუგუშვილი; born 6 May 1945) is aGeorgian andChechen politician and type designer who served asPrime Minister of Georgia from 26 August 1991 to 6 January 1992. Gugushvili was appointed as Prime Minister on 26 August 1991, following the resignation ofTengiz Sigua. A close associate of PresidentZviad Gamsakhurdia, he followed him into exile following theGeorgian Civil War and took part in the1993 uprising. From 1992 to 1994, Gugushvili was a Member of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria under PresidentDzhokhar Dudayev, serving as acting as Head of Department of Statistics, as well as an economic advisor to Dudayev.
After the failure of the uprising and Gamsakhurdia's death, Gugushvili was granted political asylum inFinland.[1] As of 2008, he lives inVantaa. In his time in exile, Gugushvili has criticised what he considers to be the decreasing role of religion in Georgian life, as well as the spread ofglobalist andliberal ideas.[2] He has also claimed that theSoviet Union, Turkish drug dealers, the government of the United States (in particular, then-PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush,Secretary of StateJames Baker, and Georgian,Polish-born GeneralJohn Shalikashvili), Greek business interests, and German foreign ministerHans-Dietrich Genscher caused the fall of Gamsakhurdia's government andEduard Shevardnadze's seizure of power.[3]
Gugushvili designed the Georgian glyphs for theDejaVu typeface.[4] He was also involved in the design of the Georgian script for theNokia Pure typeface.[5]
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| Preceded by Position created | Prime Minister of Georgia 1991–1992 | Succeeded by |
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