Emomali Rahmon
Emomali Rahmon | |
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| Эмомалӣ Раҳмон | |
Rahmon in 2025 | |
| 3rd President of Tajikistan | |
| Assumed office 16 November 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdujalil Samadov Jamshed Karimov Yahyo Azimov Oqil Oqilov Kokhir Rasulzoda |
| Preceded by | Rahmon Nabiyev Akbarsho Iskandarov (Acting) |
| Leader of the People's Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 18 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Abdulmajid Dostiev |
| Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan | |
| In office 20 November 1992 – 16 November 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Akbar Mirzoyev Abdumalik Abdullajanov Abdujalil Samadov |
| Preceded by | Akbarsho Iskandrov |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| Born | Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov 5 October 1952 Danghara, Kulob Oblast, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Tajikistan) |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party (1994–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Communist Party of Tajikistan) (1990–1991)/Communist Party (1991–1994) |
| Spouse | Azizmo Asadullayeva (m. 1970s) |
| Children | 9, including Ozoda and Rustam |
| Parent(s) | Sharif Rakhmonov 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 Rahmanov; 5 October 1952) is a Tajikistani politician who has served as the President of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly from 1992 to 1994.
Since 18 March 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. Since 25 December 2015, he has held the lifetime titles of "Founder of Peace and National Unity" and "Leader of the Nation". Following the results of another constitutional referendum in 2016, amendments were adopted that removed presidential term limits.
Rahmon heads an authoritarian regime in Tajikistan with a cult of personality. 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 37-year-old son Rustam Emomali, who is the chairman of the country's parliament and the mayor of its capital city, Dushanbe.