Besarion Gugushvili

Who is Besarion Gugushvili?

Besarion Gugushvili 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.

In 1992-1994 Gugushvili was a Member of Cabinet of Ministers of President Dzohar Dudayev of Chechen Republic Ichkeria and economic advisor of Dudaeyv.

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.