Besarion Gugushvili (; born 6 May 1945) is a Georgian and Chechen politician and type designer who served as

Prime Minister of Georgia The prime minister of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი, tr) is the head of government and chief executive of Georgia (country), Georgia. In Georgia, the President of Georgia, presi ...

from 26 August 1991 to 6 January 1992. Gugushvili was appointed as Prime Minister on 26 August 1991, following the resignation of

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. A close associate of President

Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად კონსტანტინეს ძე გამსახურდია; ; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1993) was a Georgian politician, human rights activist, dissident, profes ...

, he followed him into exile following the

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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

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, serving as acting as Head of Department of Statistics, as well as an economic advisor to Dudayev. After the failure of the uprising and Gamsakhurdia's death, Gugushvili was granted political asylum in

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. As of 2008, he lives in

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. In his time in exile, Gugushvili has criticised what he considers to be the decreasing role of religion in Georgian life, as well as the spread of globalist and liberal ideas. He has also claimed that the

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, Turkish drug dealers, the government of the United States (in particular, then-

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, Secretary of State

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, and Georgian, Polish-born General

John Shalikashvili John Malchase David Shalikashvili ( ka, ჯონ მალხაზ დავით შალიკაშვილი, tr, ; 27 June 1936 – 23 July 2011) was a United States Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 ...

), Greek business interests, and German foreign minister

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caused the fall of Gamsakhurdia's government and

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia (country), Georgi ...

's seizure of power. Gugushvili designed the Georgian glyphs for the DejaVu typeface. He was also involved in the design of the Georgian script for the Nokia Pure typeface.

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* https://besarion.wordpress.com * http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Georgia.html * https://bpgfonts.wordpress.com/ 1945 births Living people Politicians from Tbilisi Prime ministers of Georgia Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Finland Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Finland {{Georgia-politician-stub