Emomalii Rahmon (Tajik: Эмомалии Раҳмон (formerly Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov, Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов)^[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. ... The prime minister of Tajikistan is the head of government of Tajikistan. ... Okil Ghaybulloyevich Okilov (also Akil Akilov) (born 1944) is the current Prime Minister of Tajikistan. ... The parliament of Tajikistan, the Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), has two chambers. ... The parliament of Tajikistan, the Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), has two chambers. ... The parliament of Tajikistan, the Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), has two chambers. ... Political parties in Tajikistan lists political parties in Tajikistan. ... Politics of Tajikistan Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Tajikistan ... The 2006 presidential election in Tajikistan was held on November 6. ... Tajikistan is divided into regions, or provinces (singular: viloyat, plural: viloyatho) (capitals in parentheses)- Khatlon Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa) Sughd Viloyati Sughd (Khujand) Karotegin (Kofarnihon) and one autonomous province (viloyati mukhtor)- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (Khorugh). ... Human Rights in Tajikistan The approach of the 2005 parliamentary elections brought increased closures of independent and opposition newspapers and attacks on journalists. ... At the time of independence, portions of the Tajik boundary with the Peoples Republic of China were not defined; this boundary dispute was settled in agreements signed in 2002 that would cede 1,000 km² of Pamir mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims to 28... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Tajik or Tadjik (тоҷикӣ, تاجیکی, tojikí) is a descendant of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State of 16 countries including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand and the Bahamas, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This is a list of the Presidents of Tajikistan: Rakhmon Nabiyev (September 23, 1991 - October 6, 1991) Akbarsho Iskandrov (October 6, 1991 - December 2, 1991; acting) Rakhmon Nabiyev (December 2, 1991 - September 7, 1992) Akbarsho Iskandrov (September 7, 1992 - November 19, 1992; acting) Imamoli Rakhmanov (November 20, 1992 - present; as...

Rise to power

He was born to a peasant family in Dangara, Kulob province. As an apparatchik rising through the nomenklatura, his original power base was as chairman of the collective state farm of his native Dangara. In 1990 he was elected a people's deputy to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR.^{[citation needed]} President Rahmon Nabiyev, fearing for his life amidst anti-government protesting, resigned in Dushanbe in August 1992. Akbarsho Iskandarov, Speaker of the Supreme Soviet, became acting president. Iskandarov resigned in November in an attempt to end the civil unrest. 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] He is head of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, which dominates the Tajik legislature. Khatlon is a province of Tajikistan. ... Apparatchik (Russian: аппара́тчик, IPA: plural apparatchiki) is a Russian colloquial term for a full-time, professional functionary of the Communist Party or government; i. ... The nomenklatura were a small, élite subset of the general population in the Soviet Union who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of the Soviet Union: in government, industry, agriculture, education, etc. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... State motto: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! Official language None. ... This December 2006 does not cite any references or sources. ... The Peoples Democratic Party of Tajikistan (Tajik: Hizbi Demokrati-Khalkii Tojikston) is a political party in Tajikistan. ...

On November 6, 1994, Rahmonov was elected to the newly created post of president of Tajikistan, and he was sworn in on November 16. Following constitutional changes, he was re-elected on November 6, 1999 to a seven-year term, taking 97% of the vote. 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 expires in 2006. The opposition alleges that this amendment was hidden in a way that verged upon electoral fraud. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. ...

Rahmonov was re-elected on November 6, 2006 with about 79% of the vote.^{[citation needed]}

The executive arm of the government is supplemented by a Security Council and five Advisors.

Rahmonov survived an assassination attempt in April 1997^[3] in Khujand, as well as two attempted coups in August 1997 and in November 1998. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Khujand (Tajik Хуҷанд or خجند, also transliterated as Khudzhand, Russian: , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1939 and Leninabad until 1992), is the second largest city of Tajikistan. ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

He is married to Azizmo Asadullayeva and has nine children.

Name change

In March 2007 Russian news source Lenta.ru reported that 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.^[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. It can be used to link two nouns^{[citation needed]} or a noun and an adjective. For a first name, it can be used when followed by the surname. Persian nouns have no grammatical gender, and the case markers have been greatly reduced since Old Persian—both characteristics of contact languages. ...

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. In this book, Rahmonov also wrote: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Languages Persian (varieties of Dari and Tajik) Religions Islam (predominantly Sunni) Related ethnic groups Other Iranian peoples Tājīk (Persian: ; UniPers: Tâjik; Cyrillic: ) is a term generally applied to Persian-speaking peoples of Iranian origin living east of Iran. ... Bactria, about 320 BC Bactria (Bactriana, Bākhtar in Persian, also Bhalika in Arabic and Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya (Oxus); its capital, Bactra or Balhika or Bokhdi (now...

Rahmon is a Sunni Muslim and has performed the hajj when he went to Mecca on March 1997. He has called for closer ties with other Muslim nations in the region, notably the Persian speaking nations of Iran and Afghanistan. His reply to the critics of the election standards of the 2006 Tajikistani presidential elections was: Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Hajj (Arabic: , transliteration: ; Turkish: ; Ottoman Turkish: حاج, Hāc; Malay: , Bosnian: ) is the Pilgrimage to Mecca in Islam. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ...

Last election

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References

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