Emomali Rachmon
Date of Birth: 05.10.1952
Emomali Rachmon - Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan (1992–1994), since 1994 - President of Tajikistan.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in the settlement of Dangar in the Kulob region. In 1982, he graduated from the Tajik State University via distance learning with a focus on economics.
Career. He began his professional activity in 1969 as an electrician in an oil mill in Kurgan-Tyube. From 1971 to 1974, he served in the Soviet Army, completing his duty in the Pacific Fleet.
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1976-1982 - Member of the Secretariat, Chairman of the Trade Union Committee in the Lenin collective farm in the Dangar district of the Kulob region.
1982-1988 - Party work (Instructor of the District Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Soviet farm).
1987-1992 - Director of the Lenin Soviet farm in the Dangar district of the Kulob region.
In 1990, Rachmon was elected as a people's deputy of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan at the XII Congress.
In the fall of 1992, he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the Kulob region.
1992-1994 - Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan.
On November 6, 1994, he was elected President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
On November 6, 1999, he was re-elected for a second term as President.
On November 6, 2006, he was re-elected for a third term as President.
On November 6, 2013, Rachmon was re-elected for a fourth time in the presidential elections in the Republic of Tajikistan.
There is a significant cult of personality around President Emomali Rachmon in Tajikistan. In early December 2015, Emomali Rachmon signed a law proposed by the Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On the Founder of Peace and National Unity - Leader of the Nation', and he was awarded the official title 'Founder of Peace and National Unity - Leader of the Nation'.
On May 22, 2016, following the results of a nationwide constitutional referendum, amendments were adopted that lifted the restrictions on the number of presidential terms in Tajikistan and lowered the age for candidacy for the presidency from 35 to 30 years.
Family. Emomali Rachmon is married. He has nine children.
Until April 2007, he carried the name Rachmonov. At that time, he urged all citizens of the Republic to abandon Slavic endings in their surnames and tasked the registration authorities with registering the surnames of newborns in accordance with Persian tradition.
29.09.2023.