Erik Pukhayev

Erik Georgiyevich Pukhayev
Эрик Георгиевич Пухаев
15th Prime Minister of South Ossetia
In office
16 May 2017 – 29 August 2020
PresidentAnatoliy Bibilov
Preceded byDomenty Kulumbegov
Succeeded byGennady Bekoyev
Personal details
Born (1957-05-05) 5 May 1957 (age 67)
Skhlit, South Ossetian AO, Georgian SSR

Erik Georgiyevich Pukhayev (Russian Эрик Георгиевич Пухаев; born 5 May 1957) was the Prime Minister of South Ossetia from 2017 to 2020.

He studied at South Ossetian Pedagogical Institute from 1977 to 1982 and became Maths and Physics teacher. In 2005 he was nominated as director of Statistical Institute. From 2014 to 2017 he served as Vice-Prime Minister.[1]

He is married and has 3 children.[1]

Pukhayev resigned from the post of Prime Minister on August 29, during the crisis following the Murder of Inal Djabiev, where a suspect in police custody was tortured to death, resulting in thousand strong protests in Tskhinvali.[2]

Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of South Ossetia
2017–2020 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ a b "Новым премьером Южной Осетии стал Эрик Пухаев" (in Russian). Osinform.org. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Sources report brutal beatings of two more detainees in South Ossetia". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 11 April 2024.


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