Emomali Rahmon

His Excellency
Founder of Peace and National Unity — Leader of the Nation
Emomali Rahmon
Эмомали Раҳмон
Rahmon in 2023
3rd President of Tajikistan
Assumed office
16 November 1994
Prime MinisterAbdujalil Samadov
Jamshed Karimov
Yahyo Azimov
Oqil Oqilov
Kokhir Rasulzoda
Preceded byRahmon Nabiyev
Akbarsho Iskandrov (Acting)
Leader of the People's Democratic Party
Assumed office
18 March 1998
Preceded byAbdulmajid Dostiev
Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan
In office
20 November 1992 – 16 November 1994
Prime MinisterAkbar Mirzoyev
Abdumalik Abdullajanov
Abdujalil Samadov
Preceded byAkbarsho Iskandrov
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov

(1952-10-05) 5 October 1952 (age 71)
Danghara, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
(now Tajikistan)
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party
(1990–1994)
SpouseAzizmo Asadullayeva (m. 1970s)
Children
See list
  • Sons:

    Daughters:

    • Firuza
    • Ozoda
    • Zarina
    • Tahmina
    • Parvina
    • Rukhshona
    • Farzona
Parent(s)Sharif Rahmonov
Mayram Sharifova
Alma materTajik State National University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1971–1974
  • 1992–present
Rank General of the Army

Emomali Rahmon ([e̞mɔ̝mäˈli ɾähˈmɔ̝̃n]; born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov, Tajik: Эмомалӣ Шарипович Раҳмонов, romanizedEmomalí Šarip Rahmon;[a] [e̞mɔ̝mäˈli ʃäˈɾipɔ̝vitʃ ɾähˈmɔ̝nɔ̝w]; (1952-10-05) October 5, 1952 (age 71), is a Tajik politician who has been serving as 3rd President of Tajikistan since 16 November 1994. Previously he was the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan, as the de facto head of state from 20 November 1992 to 16 November 1994 (the post of president was temporarily abolished during this period). Since 18 March 1998, he has also served as the leader of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, which dominates the Parliament of Tajikistan. On 30 September 1999, he was elected vice-president of the UN General Assembly for a one-year term.

He became widely known in 1992 after the abolition of the post of president in the country, when at the dawn of the civil war (1992–1997) he became Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of Tajikistan as a compromise candidate between communists and neo-communists on the one hand and liberal-democratic, nationalist and Islamist forces (the United Tajik Opposition) on the other.

Five times (in the elections of 1994, 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2020), Rahmon won undemocratic presidential elections; in addition, he extended and reformed his powers based on the results of the national constitutional referendums of 1999 and 2003. Since 25 December 2015, Emomali Rahmon has held the lifetime title of Peshvoyi Millat (Tajik: Пешвои Миллат), which means “Leader of the Nation”, in full — “Founder of peace and national Unity — Leader of the Nation”. Following the results of the last national constitutional referendum in 2016, amendments were adopted that lifted the restrictions on the number of re-elections to the post of President of Tajikistan and lowered the age limit for those running for the post of president from 35 to 30 years.

Rahmon heads an authoritarian regime in Tajikistan with elements of a cult of personality. Political opponents are repressed, violations of human rights and freedoms are severe, elections are not free and fair, and corruption and nepotism are rampant.[1][2][3][4] Various important government positions are occupied by his family members, such as his 35-year-old son Rustam Emomali, who is the chairman of the country's parliament and the mayor of its capital city, Dushanbe.[5][6][7]


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