Colonel General Ramazon Hamroevich Rahimov (; born 25 April 1960), now known as Ramazon Hamro Rahimzoda after the country's

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policy, is a

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i politician. He was appointed to the position of

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in 2012.

Career

Rahimzoda joined the

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in 1983, and was stationed in

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and Leningrad (today Mu'minobod). In 1995, he graduated from the Dushanbe Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was promoted through the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, and was appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs on 5 January 2012. He said that one of his goals is to lower youth crime rates. In 2012 he met with his Chinese counterpart

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, and the two sides discussed the issue of drug smuggling and signed a memorandum regarding cooperation in the border area.

Personal life

Rahimzoda is said to be physically fit and good at

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. He is married and has three sons and two daughters.

References

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