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Tajikistan

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Tajikistan Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Coat of Arms of Tajikistan (Small) This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Republic of Tajikistan gained its independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union on September 9, 1991 and promptly fell into a civil war from 1992-97 between old-guard regionally based ruling elites and disenfranchised regions, democratic liberal reformists, and Islamists loosely organized in a United Tajik Opposition...

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The 2006 presidential election in Tajikistan was held on November 6.^[1] 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... Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov (Tajik: Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов or امامعلی شريفويچ رحمانف, Russian: Рахмонов Эмомали Шарипович; name also appears as Imamali Rakhmonov in literature. ... 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 ... 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. ... International governmental elections in 2006. ... 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... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ...

Candidates are:

• Emomali Rahmonov — the incumbent, and a member of the dominant People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan. Constitutional provisions which would bar Rahmonov from seeking further terms have been controversially removed.
• Abduhalim Ghafforov — registered as representing the Socialist Party, although this is not the original Socialist Party — that party has been denied registration.
• Amir Qoraqulov — Agrarian Party.
• Olimjon Boboyev — Party of Economic Reforms of Tajikistan.
• Ismoil Talbakov — Communist Party of Tajikistan.

The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, the Democratic Party, and the Social Democratic Party are all boycotting the elections. These parties criticise the electoral apparatus as unreliable, and do not accept the constitutional changes which allow President Rakhmanov to seek continued office. A rally by opposition parties was broken up^[2]. According to the BBC^[3], none of the four candidates opposing Rahmonov have publicly criticised him, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has said that "[n]o signs of a competitive campaign have been observed thus far"^[4] Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov (Tajik: Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов or امامعلی شريفويچ رحمانف, Russian: Рахмонов Эмомали Шарипович; name also appears as Imamali Rakhmonov in literature. ... The Peoples Democratic Party of Tajikistan (Tajik: Hizbi Demokrati-Khalkii Tojikston) is a political party in Tajikistan. ... The Socialist Party is a political party in Tajikistan. ... The Communist Party of Tajikistan is a political party in Tajikistan. ... The Democratic Party (Hizbi Demokrati) is a political party in Tajikistan. ... The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Tajikistan. ... The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. ...

CIS election monitors will observe the election. CIS monitors also observed the 2005 parliamentary elections, which were overwhelmingly won by the People's Democratic Party — the CIS monitors declared the elections "legal, free and transparent", while the OSCE condemned them. On October 2002, the Commonwealth of Independent States adopted at a heads of states meeting, the Convention on the Standards of Democratic Elections, Electoral Rights, and Freedoms in the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States. ...

President Emomali Rakhmonov won a third term in office by capturing more than 79% of the total vote.^[5][6]

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