Bessarion Gugushvili
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Besarion Gugushvili (born 1945) is a Georgian politician and a former Prime Minister of the country.
Gugushvili was appointed prime minister, on August 26, 1991, after Tengiz Sigua resigned in August 1991. The closest associate of Georgia’s former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he followed him into exile after the 1991-1992 coup and took part in the 1993 uprising. After the failure of the uprising and Gamsakhurdia’s death, Gugushvili was granted political asylum in Finland. As of 2008, he lives in Vantaa.
Gugushvili also designed the Georgian glyphs for the DejaVu typeface.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Interview with Ben Laenen of DejaVu, Libre Graphics Magazine, November 2010, p. 56
[edit] External links
- http://web.archive.org/web/20091027081648/http://www.geocities.com/shavlego/sa/bg-sa0.html
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Georgia.html
| Preceded by Murman Omanidze |
Prime Minister of Georgia 1991-1992 |
Succeeded by Tengiz Sigua |
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