Kokhir Rasulzoda

Қоҳир Расулзода8th Prime Minister of TajikistanAssumed office
23 November 2013PresidentEmomali RahmonDeputyDavlatali SaidPreceded byOqil Oqilov Personal detailsBorn (1959-03-08) 8 March 1959 (age 65)
Ghafurov, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Tajikistan)Political partyPeople's Democratic PartyAlma materAgricultural University of
Tajikistan

Qohir Rasulzoda (Tajik: Қоҳир Расулзода and Persian: قاهر رسول‌زاده; born Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov, Tajik: Абдуқохир Абдурасулович Назиров; Russian: Абдукохир Абдурасулович Назиров; born 8 March 1959^{[citation needed]}) is a Tajik politician who is serving as the Prime Minister of Tajikistan since 23 November 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan.

Political background

He was born as Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov on 8 March 1959 in the town of Kistakuz in Ghafurov District of Sughd Region of the Tajik SSR. In 1982, he graduated from the Agricultural University of Tajikistan, specializing in hydraulic engineering. Then Nazirov worked as engineer of the production department, chief engineer, chief of PMK-4, the head of the enterprise "Tajiksovskhozstroy."^{[citation needed]}

From January 2000 to December 2006, he served as minister for melioration and water resources.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a degree in Technical Science. On 2 December 2006 he was made the Acting Head of Sughd Province, becoming the permanent leader of the province on 27 February 2007. In May 2007, he changed his name to Qohir Rasulzoda under President Emomali Rahmon's law.^[1][2]

In December 2007 and in April 2010, Rasulzoda was elected as the first deputy chairman of National Assembly of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 November 2013 Qohir Rasulzoda was appointed Prime Minister of Tajikistan, replacing Oqil Oqilov.^[3][4][5]

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  Rasulzoda with Vladimir Putin at the Airport in Tajikistan in 2017
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  Rasulsoda with Ilham Aliyev in 2014

Awards

• Honored Worker of Tajikistan
• Order of the Defense Assistance Society of the CIS "For Outstanding Services" (2009)
• Order "For Selfless Service" (Uzbekistan, 2018)^[6]
• Order of Honor (Russia, 30 December 2022)^[7]

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