Bessarion Gugushvili

Besarion Gugushvili is a Georgian and Chechen politician and type designer who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from 26 August 1991 to 6 January 1992. Gugushvili was appointed as Prime Minister on 26 August 1991, following the resignation of Tengiz Sigua. A close associate of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he followed him into exile following the Georgian Civil War and took part in the 1993 uprising. From 1992 to 1994, Gugushvili was a Member of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria under President Dzhokhar Dudayev, serving as acting as Head of Department of Statistics, as well as an economic advisor to Dudayev.