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Rahmonali Davlat Safaralizoda () is a Tajik leader and current Commander of the Tajik Air Force. He was born in the

Khatlon Region Khatlon Region (), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most populous of the four first-level administrative regions in the country. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range, Hisor (Gissar) Range in the n ...

on 6 April 1969 in a family of a workers. In August 1986, he enrolled in the Gorky Military Air Defense School of the

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, where he graduated in August 1990. After the

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, he joined the

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. In 1993, he served in the local Commissariat for his native

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. The following year, he became an officer of the Air Defense Department of the

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. In August 1994, he enrolled in the

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. From August 1997 to March 2001, he was the Chief of Staff of the Air Defense Forces. From March 2001 to December 2005, he served as Commander of the Air Defense and has since December 2005 been the commander of the united branch. In February 2005 he was awarded the rank of Major General. In April 2021, he chaired a regular meeting of the Air Defense Coordination Committee under the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS.

Family

He was married to Salima Dzhalinovna Sharipova (born in 1969). He had five children (2 sons and 3 daughters): * Firuz (born in 1992) * Beiruz (born in 2003) * Rukhshuna (born 1995) * Zarina (born in 1997) * Ibigul (born in 2001)

Awards

Source: * Order of Courage *

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*3 other medals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirzo, Sherali 1969 births Living people People from Khatlon Region Tajikistani generals Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy alumni