Qahhor Mahkamov

Qahhor Mahkamov
Қаҳҳор Маҳкамов
Mahkamov in 1991
1st President of Tajikistan
In office 30 November 1990 – 31 August 1991
Vice President	Izatullo Khayoyev
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Qadriddin Aslonov (Acting)
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan
In office 14 December 1985 – 31 August 1991
Preceded by	Rahmon Nabiyev
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Member of the National Assembly of Tajikistan
In office 2000–2016
Appointed by	Emomali Rahmon
Personal details
Born	(1932-04-16)16 April 1932 Khujand, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 June 2016(2016-06-08) (aged 84) Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Nationality	Tajik
Political party	Communist Party of Tajikistan
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater	Leningrad Mining Institute

Qahhor Mahkamov (Russian: Кахар Махкамович Махкамов, romanized: Kakhar Makhkamovich Makhkamov, Tajik: Қаҳҳор Маҳкамов; alternative spelling Kahar Mahkamov; 16 April 1932 – 8 June 2016) was a Tajik politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1985 to 1991 and was the first President of Tajikistan from November 1990 until his fall in the August 1991 coup.