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 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.

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Preceded by
Tengiz Sigua		 Prime Minister of Georgia
1991-1992		 Succeeded by
Tengiz Sigua


Heads of Government of Georgia

Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921): Flag of Georgia (country) Noe Ramishvili | Noe Zhordania

Soviet era: as part of Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936), Flag of the Georgian SSR Georgian SSR (1936-1991): Sergey Kavtaradze | Polikarp Mdivani | Shalva Eliava | Filipp Makharadze | Levan Sukhishvili | German Mgaloblishvili | Levan Sukhishvili | Valerian Bakradze | Zakhary Chkhubianishvili | Zakhary Ketskhoveli | Valerian Bakradze | Givi Dzhavakhishvili | Zurab Pataridze | Dmitry Kartvelishvili | Otar Cherkeziya | Zurab Chkheidze | Nodari Chitanava | Tengiz Sigua

Georgia since 1991: Flag of Georgia (country) Tengiz Sigua | Murman Omanidze* | Bessarion Gugushvili | Tengiz Sigua | Eduard Shevardnadze* | Otar Patsatsia | Niko Lekishvili | Vazha Lortkipanidze | Giorgi Arsenishvili | Avtandil Jorbenadze | Flag of Georgia (country) Zurab Zhvania | Giorgi Baramidze* | Zurab Noghaideli | Lado Gurgenidze
* denotes acting
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