| Emomalii Rahmon | |
 |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 20 November 1992 |
|
| Prime Minister | Abdumalik Abdullajanov Abdujalil Samadov Jamshed Karimov Yahyo Azimov Oqil Oqilov |
| Preceded by | Rahmon Nabiyev |
|
|
|
| Born | 5 October 1952 Kulob, Tajik SSR |
| Nationality | Tajik |
| Spouse | Azizmo Asadullayeva |
| Religion | Sunni Muslim |
Emomalii Rahmon (Tajik: Эмомалии Раҳмон or امامعلی رحمان (formerly Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov, Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов or ایماملی رحماناو)[1]; born October 5, 1952) has served as the head of state since 1992 and the President of Tajikistan since 1994. The President of Tajikistan is the Head of State and highest position within the Government of Tajikistan. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Abdumalik Abdullayevich Abdullajanov (b) served as the Prime Minister of Tajikistan from September 21, 1992 to December 18, 1993 Abdujalil Akhadovich Samadov ( Tajik:) was Prime minister of Tajikistan between the December 18, 1993 and the December 2 Jamshed Khilolovich Karimov ( Tajik:) (born 1940) was Prime Minister of Tajikistan between December 2, 1994 and February 8 Yahyo Nuriddinovich Azimov ( Яҳё Нуриддинович Азимов/یحیی نورالدینوویچ عظیموف (born 1947) was Prime Minister of Tajikistan Okil Ghaybulloyevich Okilov or Oqil Oqilov ( Tajik: Оқил Оқилов Oqil Oqilov or آقل غیباللهیوچ آقلاو (born 2 February Rahmon Nabiyev (Раҳмон Набиев alternative spelling Rakhmon Nabiev; October 5, 1930 – April 11, 1993) served as the Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kulob Oblast was an administrative subdivision in Tajikistan until 1992 The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Республикаи Советии Социалистии Тоҷикистон Respublikai Sovetii Sotsialistii Tocikiston; Таджикская Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The Tajik language, or Tajik Persian, or Tajiki, (sometimes written Tadjik or Tadzhik; тоҷикӣ, tg-Latn ''tojikí'') is a modern Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state The President of Tajikistan is the Head of State and highest position within the Government of Tajikistan. He is head of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, which dominates the Tajik legislature. The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон - Hizbi Demokratī-Khalqīi Tojikston) is a leftist
Contents |
Biography
He was born to a peasant family in Dangara, in the Kulob Oblast, now part of Khatlon province. Kulob Oblast (also Kulyab Oblast from Russian spelling was an administrative subdivision in Tajikistan during the Soviet period ( Tajik SSR) Khatlon ( Хатлон/ختلان sometimes misspelt Khatlan, is the most populous of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( As an apparatchik rising through the nomenklatura, his original power base was as chairman of the collective state farm of his native Dangara. Apparatchik ( Russian: аппара́тчик plural apparatchiki) is a Russian colloquial term for a full-time professional Functionary The nomenklatura were a small elite subset of the general population in the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions In 1990 he was elected a people's deputy to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR. The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Республикаи Советии Социалистии Тоҷикистон Respublikai Sovetii Sotsialistii Tocikiston; Таджикская President Rahmon Nabiyev, fearing for his life amidst anti-government protesting, resigned in Dushanbe in August 1992. Rahmon Nabiyev (Раҳмон Набиев alternative spelling Rakhmon Nabiev; October 5, 1930 – April 11, 1993) served as the Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Akbarsho Iskandarov, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet, became acting president. Iskandarov resigned in November in an attempt to end the civil unrest. Civil disorder, also known as civil unrest, is a broad term that is typically used by law enforcement to describe one or more forms of disturbance caused by a group of people The Supreme Soviet met in Khujand and abolished the position of president that same month. Rahmonov, then the Speaker of Parliament, became the head-of-government. [2]
Between 1992 and 1997, Rahmov's rule was opposed by the United Tajik Opposition in the Afghan Civil War in which up to 100,000 people died. The United Tajik Opposition (UTO was an alliance of Democratic, liberal and Islamist forces that fought in the Tajik Civil War from 1992 to The Civil war in Afghanistan, also known as Afghan Civil War, began in 1978 and has continued Rahmonov survived an assassination attempt in April 1997[3] in Khujand, as well as two attempted coups in August 1997 and in November 1998. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
On November 6, 1994, Rahmonov was elected to the newly created post of president of Tajikistan, and he was sworn in on November 16. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Following constitutional changes, he was re-elected on November 6, 1999 to a seven-year term, taking 97% of the vote. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) On June 22, 2003, he won a referendum that would allow him to run for two more consecutive seven-year terms after his present term expired in 2006. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The opposition alleges that this amendment was hidden in a way that verged upon electoral fraud. Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an Election. Rahmonov was re-elected in a controversial on November 6, 2006, with about 79% of the vote according to the official results. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
He is married to Azizmo Asadullayeva and has nine children.
Name change
In March 2007, Rahmonov announced that he had changed his last name to Rahmon, dropping the Russian ending -ov (which was added to the first name of the father of men in the 19th century to create surnames in the Russian Empire), and that he urges other Tajiks to follow his example and return to their cultural and national roots. March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. [4] The official website of the presidency uses the name Emomali Rahmonov in all news up to March 20, 2007 and Emomalii Rahmon since March 21, without any explanation.
The added i at the end of his first name is a Persian ezafe meaning Emomali of Rahmon. Persian nouns have no grammatical gender, and the case markers have been greatly reduced since Old Persian —both characteristics of contact languages It can be used to link two nouns or a noun and an adjective. For a first name, it can be used when followed by the surname.
Rahmon and Tajik culture
Rahmon convinced UNESCO to declare 2002-2003 the third millennium since Zoroaster's birth, and in his book, The Tajiks in the Mirror of History, he claimed that Zoroaster was a Tajik from Bactria. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Tajik ( - Tādjīk; UniPers: Tâjik; Cyrillic: Тоҷик is a term generally applied to Persian-speaking people of "Bactrian" redirects here For the camel see Bactrian camel. In this book, Rahmon also wrote:
| “ | Many principles of the Zarathushtrian religion have left a deep imprint on the [Tajik] people's mind. Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings The habit has been preserved prohibiting the killing of animals when they are pregnant and the cutting of trees in blossom. Water, earth and fire have to be protected from any impurity. The fumes of some fragrant herbs are still used to keep away sickness and the force of evil.
These and many other examples give evidence that in every Tajik house we may find trace of Zarathushtra's teachings. Zoroaster ( Latinized from Greek variants) or Zarathushtra (from Avestan Zaraθuštra) also referred to as Zartosht (زرتشت Let us hope in the new millennium, the Tajik people will continue to live under the spiritual guidance of Zarathushtra, the prophet of truth and light. In Religion, a prophet (or prophetess) is a person who has encountered the Supernatural or the divine and serves as an intermediary |
” |
Rahmon is a Sunni Muslim and has performed the hajj when he went to Mecca on March 1997. Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored He has called for closer ties with other Muslim nations in the region, notably the Persian speaking nations of Iran and Afghanistan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, His reply to the critics of the election standards of the 2006 Tajikistani presidential elections was:
| “ | Tajikistan is a country where more than 99 percent of the population is Muslim. We have a different culture, and this has to be taken account of. | ” |
References
- ^ Name also appears as Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov, Imamali Sharipovich Rakhmanov or Imomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov in literature, which is the tranliteration into English of the Russian forms (Эмомали Шарипович Рахмонов and Имамали Шарипович Рахманов) of his Tajik name.
- ^ DWA 278:Oil and Politics in the Caspian Basin University of Southern California
- ^ Leninabad: Crackdown in the north Human Rights Watch
- ^ Президент Таджикистана отрезал от своей фамилии русское окончание
External links
- Official Website of the Tajik Embassy in USA
- Official Website of the President of Tajikistan
- Excerpt concerning Zoroaster from Rahmonov's The Tajiks In The Mirror of History
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rahmon Nabiyev |
President of Tajikistan 1992 – present |
Incumbent |
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic