Rafiq Nishonov

Rafiq Nishonov
Рафиқ Нишонов
12th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR
In office
12 January 1988 – 23 June 1989
Preceded byInomjon Usmonxoʻjayev
Succeeded byIslam Karimov
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR
In office
9 December 1986 – 9 April 1988
Preceded byAkil Salimov
Succeeded byPulat Khabibullaev
Personal details
Born(1926-01-15)15 January 1926
Gʻazalkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
(now Uzbekistan)
Died11 January 2023(2023-01-11) (aged 96)
Geneva, Switzerland
Political partyCPSU (1949–1991)

Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Рафиқ Нишонович Нишонов; Russian: Рафик Нишанович Нишанов Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov; 15 January 1926[1][2] – 11 January 2023) was the thirteenth First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.[3] Nishonov held this position for 17 months, from 12 January 1988 to 23 June 1989. His replacement was Islam Karimov.[4] Prior to that, he also served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR between 1986 and 1988. He was also Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1989 to 1991.[5]

  1. ^ https://kun.uz/uz/news/2023/01/12/rafiq-nishonov-vafot-etdi?q=%2Fnews%2F2023%2F01%2F12%2Frafiq-nishonov-vafot-etdi
  2. ^ https://rulers.org/indexn2.html
  3. ^ Dagikhudo Dagiev (30 October 2013). Regime Transition in Central Asia: Stateness, Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-134-60069-4.
  4. ^ Eric McGlinchey (30 September 2011). Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8229-7747-6.
  5. ^ "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК". 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.

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