Colonel General Rajabali Rahmonali (), born as Rajabali Fayzalievich Rakhmonaliev is a military leader in the

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of Tajikistan. Since 21 January 2025, he has been the Chairman of the

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Career

He was born on 7 October 1967 in

Danghara Danghara (), is a town in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is the capital of Danghara District. It is the hometown of Tajikistan's president, Emomali Rahmon as well as the country's first deputy prime minister, Asadullo Ghulomov, and several ...

, a town in the

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of the

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and the capital of the

Danghara District Danghara District or Nohiya-i Danghara (; ) is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Ta ...

. In 1989, he graduated from the Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School, majoring in military-political specialization. From August 1989 to March 1992, he served as an officer in the ranks of the

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. During his service, he was based in

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and the

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. In March 1992, he joined the

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, serving in the

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in the positions of deputy military commissar. During the

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, he served in a detachment in the Popular Front of Tajikistan. He was one of the leaders of the liberation of Dushanbe. In 1997, he became the commander of the

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. In 2004 he graduated from the

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with a degree in Combined Arms Units and Formations Management. In January 2004, he became Commander of the

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, replacing Ghaffor Mirzoyev. On 20 November 2013, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security, which concurrently comes with the posts of Head of the Main Directorate of the Border Troops and Commander of the Border Troops of the SCNS. On 21 January 2025, he was appointed Chairman of the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Personal life

He holds the following state awards: Order "Spitamen" (1997),

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(1999), and the Order "Zarrintoj II degree" (2013). He is married with five children. He is a nephew of President

Emomali Rahmon Emomali Rahmon ( ; born 5 October 1952), born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov, is a Tajik politician who has served as the President of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan), Su ...

, In 2020, he was infected with

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, and was hospitalized with

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References

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