Tengiz Sigua
Tengiz Sigua | |
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თენგიზ სიგუა | |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia | |
| In office 6 January 1992 – 6 August 1993 (acting until 8 November 1992) | |
| President | Eduard Shevardnadze |
| Preceded by | Besarion Gugushvili |
| Succeeded by | Otar Patsatsia |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Georgia | |
| In office 15 November 1990 – 18 August 1991 | |
| President | Zviad Gamsakhurdia |
| Preceded by | Nodar Chitanava |
| Succeeded by | Murman Omanidze (acting); Besarion Gugushvili |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1934 Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 21 January 2020 (aged 85)[1] Tbilisi, Georgia |
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Tengiz Sigua (9 November 1934 – 21 January 2020) was a Georgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from 1992 to 1993.[2]
Sigua was an engineer by profession
He was the prime minister in
He resigned on 6 August 1993 after the Parliament rejected the budget submitted by the government.
In an interview with the Russian news agency Ria Novosti, Sigua accused the Georgian side of starting the 2008 war: "We started the war in 2008. We started to shell Tskhinvali and this, after the death of Russian peacekeepers, gave Russian troops the right to actively interfere".[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Gruzja: Zmarł były premier Tengiz Sigua". wnp.pl (in Polish). 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "SIGUA, TENGIZ". Dictionary of Georgian National Biography. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Მთავარი".
- ^ Transition to democracy, Volume 72. International Institute for Democracy. p. 174.
- ^ "Georgia started the war in "South Ossetia", says the Georgian ex-Premier (in Russian)". Ria Novosti. 8 August 2011.
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