Emomali Rahmon
Emomali Rahmon | |
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| Эмомалӣ Раҳмон | |
Rahmon in 2025 | |
| 3rd President of Tajikistan | |
| Assumed office 16 November 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | |
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| Leader of the People's Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 18 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Abdulmajid Dostiev |
| Leader of Tajikistan | |
| De facto 20 November 1992 – 16 November 1994 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Akbarsho Iskandarov (as Acting President) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as President) |
| 7th Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan | |
| In office 20 November 1992 – 16 November 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Akbarsho Iskandarov |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov 5 October 1952 |
| Party | People's Democratic (since 1994) |
| Other political affiliations | CPSU (1990–1991) CPT (1990–1994) |
| Spouse | Azizmo Asadullayeva (m. 1970s) |
| Children | 9, including Ozoda and Rustam |
| Parent(s) | Sharif Rahmonov Mayram Sharifova |
| Alma mater | Tajik State National University |
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| Rank | General of the Army |
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President of Tajikistan
1994-
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Emomali Rahmon (born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov; 5 October 1952) is a Tajikistani politician who has served as the third president of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly from 1992 to 1994. Since 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 United Nations General Assembly for a one-year term.
He became better known in 1992 after the abolition of the presidency, when at the dawn of the civil war 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. Rahmon has won five undemocratic presidential elections. In addition, he extended his powers via constitutional referendums in 1999 and 2003. Following the results of another constitutional referendum in 2016, amendments were adopted that removed presidential term limits.
Rahmon heads an authoritarian government in Tajikistan. Political opponents are repressed, violations of human rights and freedoms are severe, elections are not free and fair, and corruption and nepotism are rampant. Various important government positions are occupied by his family members, such as his 38-year-old son Rustam Emomali, who is the chairman of the country's parliament and the mayor of its capital city, Dushanbe.