Qohir Rasulzoda ( tg, Қоҳир Расулзода and fa, قاهر رسولزاده; born Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov, tg, Абдуқохир Абдурасулович Назиров; russian: Абдукохир Абдурасулович Назиров; born 8 March 1959) is a Tajik politician who is serving as the
Prime Minister of Tajikistan
The prime minister of Tajikistan is the title held by the head of government of Tajikistan. After the president, the prime minister is second most powerful person of the country. The prime minister coordinates the work of the Cabinet and advise ...
since 23 November 2013. He is a member of the
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan
The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT; tg, Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон, script=Latn, italic=no, Hizbi xalqii demokratii Tojikiston; russian: Народная демократическая па ...
.
Political background
He was born as Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov on 8 March 1959 in the town of
Kistakuz in
Ghafurov District tg, Ноҳияи Ғафуров
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of
Sughd Region of the
Tajik SSR
The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...
. In 1982, he graduated from the
Agricultural University of Tajikistan
Tajik Agrarian University 'S. Shotemur' (TAU) (russian: Таджикский аграрный университет им. Ш. Шотемура; tg, Донишгоҳи аграрии Тоҷикистон ба номи Ш. Шотемур) is a uni ...
, 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."
From January 2000 to December 2006, he served as minister for melioration and water resources.
In 2008, he graduated from the
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.
In December 2007 and in April 2010, Rasulzoda was elected as the first deputy chairman of National Assembly of Tajikistan, National Assembly of the Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan), Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan.
On 23 November 2013 Qohir Rasulzoda was appointed Prime Minister of Tajikistan, replacing Oqil Oqilov.
File:Rasulzoda and Putin.jpg, Rasulzoda with Vladimir Putin at the Airport in Tajikistan in 2017
File:Official visit of Ilham Aliyev to Tajikistan 01.jpg, Rasulsoda with Ilham Aliyev in 2014
Awards
* Honored Worker of Tajikistan
* Order of the Defense Assistance Society of the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS "For Outstanding Services" (2009)
* Order "For Selfless Service" (Uzbekistan), Order "For Selfless Service" (Uzbekistan, 2018)
* Order of Honour (Russia), Order of Honor (Russia, 30 December 2022)''
Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30 декабря 2022 года № 980 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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References
1959 births
Living people
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan politicians
Prime Ministers of Tajikistan
Tajikistani Muslims
People from Ghafurov
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