Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev

Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev
Иномжон Усмонхўжаев
Usmonxoʻjayev circa 1983
11th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR
In office
3 November 1983  12 January 1988
Preceded bySharof Rashidov
Succeeded byRafiq Nishonov
Personal details
Born
Inomjon Buzrukovich Usmonxo'jaev
Иномжон Бузрукович Усмонхўжаев

(1930-05-22)22 May 1930
Fergana, Soviet Union
(now Uzbekistan)
Died17 March 2017(2017-03-17) (aged 86)
Fergana, Uzbekistan
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party

Inomjon Buzrukovich Usmonxoʻjayev (in Uzbek Cyrillic: Иномжон Бузрукович Усмонхўжаев ; in Russian: Инамджан Бузрукович Усманходжаев Inamdzhan Buzrukovich Usmankhodzhayev; 22 May 1930 17 March 2017) served as the eleventh First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR. Usmonxoʻjayev became General Secretary following the disastrous "Cotton Scandal".