The Most Famous
POLITICIANS from Tajikistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Tadzhik Politicians. The pantheon dataset contains 15,577 Politicians, 7 of which were born in Tajikistan. This makes Tajikistan the birth place of the 158th most number of Politicians behind Federated States of Micronesia and Puerto Rico.
Top 7
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tadzhik Politicians of all time. This list of famous Tadzhik Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Emomali Rahmon (1952 - )
With an HPI of 65.68, Emomali Rahmon is the most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 70 different languages on wikipedia.
Emomali Rahmon ([e̞mɔ̝mäˈli ɾähˈmɔ̝̃n]; born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov, Tajik: Эмомалӣ Шарипович Раҳмонов, romanized: Emomalí Šarip Rahmon; [e̞mɔ̝mäˈli ʃäˈɾipɔ̝vitʃ ɾähˈmɔ̝nɔ̝w]; (1952-10-05) October 5, 1952, is a Tajik politician who has been serving as 3rd President of Tajikistan since 16 November 1994. Previously he was the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan, as the de facto head of state from 20 November 1992 to 16 November 1994 (the post of president was temporarily abolished during this period). Since 18 March 1998, he has also served as the leader of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, which dominates the Parliament of Tajikistan. On 30 September 1999, he was elected vice-president of the UN General Assembly for a one-year term. He became widely known in 1992 after the abolition of the post of president in the country, when at the dawn of the civil war (1992–1997) he became Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of Tajikistan as a compromise candidate between communists and neo-communists on the one hand and liberal-democratic, nationalist and Islamist forces (the United Tajik Opposition) on the other. Five times (in the elections of 1994, 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2020), Rahmon won undemocratic presidential elections; in addition, he extended and reformed his powers based on the results of the national constitutional referendums of 1999 and 2003. Since 25 December 2015, Emomali Rahmon has held the lifetime title of Peshvoyi Millat (Tajik: Пешвои Миллат), which means “Leader of the Nation”, in full — “Founder of peace and national Unity — Leader of the Nation”. Following the results of the last national constitutional referendum in 2016, amendments were adopted that lifted the restrictions on the number of re-elections to the post of President of Tajikistan and lowered the age limit for those running for the post of president from 35 to 30 years. Rahmon heads an authoritarian regime in Tajikistan with elements of a cult of personality. Political opponents are repressed, violations of human rights and freedoms are severe, elections are not free and fair, and corruption and nepotism are rampant. Various important government positions are occupied by his family members, such as his 35-year-old son Rustam Emomali, who is the chairman of the country's parliament and the mayor of its capital city, Dushanbe.
2. Spitamenes (-400 - -328)
With an HPI of 63.01, Spitamenes is the 2nd most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Spitamenes (Old Persian Spitamana; Greek Σπιταμένης; 370 BC – 328 BC) was a Sogdian warlord and the leader of the uprising in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in 329 BC. He has been credited by modern historians as one of the most tenacious adversaries of Alexander.
3. Rahmon Nabiyev (1930 - 1993)
With an HPI of 57.01, Rahmon Nabiyev is the 3rd most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev, also spelled Rakhmon Nabiev (Tajik: Раҳмон Набиев; Russian: Рахмон Набиевич Набиев; 5 October 1930 – 11 April 1993), was a Tajik politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1982 to 1985 and twice as the 2nd President of Tajikistan from 23 September 1991 to 6 October 1991 and from 2 December 1991 to 7 September 1992. He was also partly responsible for the Tajik Civil War. Rising out of the regional nomenklatura, Nabiyev ascended to power in 1982 as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. In 1985, he was ousted in a corruption scandal. After Tajik leaders declared independence on 9 September 1991, Nabiyev orchestrated his way back into power on 23 September, only to step down on 6 October as pressure mounted for him to leave office during the presidential campaign. Nabiyev won the elections, and on 2 December 1991, he became the first elected President of Tajikistan.
4. Oqil Oqilov (1944 - )
With an HPI of 55.30, Oqil Oqilov is the 4th most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 33 different languages.
Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov (Tajik: Оқил Ғайбуллоевич Оқилов, Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov; Russian: Окил Гайбуллаевич Окилов; born 2 February 1944), alternatively transliterated as Akil Akilov, is a Tajikistani politician. He was the 7th Prime Minister of Tajikistan from 20 December 1999 to 23 November 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan.
5. Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959 - )
With an HPI of 51.99, Kokhir Rasulzoda is the 5th most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 29 different languages.
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) 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.
6. Qahhor Mahkamov (1932 - 2016)
With an HPI of 51.89, Qahhor Mahkamov is the 6th most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Qahhor Mahkamov (Russian: Кахар Махкамович Махкамов, romanized: Kakhar Makhkamovich Makhkamov, Tajik: Қаҳҳор Маҳкамов; alternative spelling Kahar Mahkamov; 16 April 1932 – 8 June 2016) was a Tajik politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1985 to 1991 and was the first President of Tajikistan from November 1990 until his fall in the August 1991 coup.
7. Henri Weber (1944 - 2020)
With an HPI of 42.43, Henri Weber is the 7th most famous Tadzhik Politician. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Henri Weber (23 June 1944 – 26 April 2020) was a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS), which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. Weber was born in Leninabad (now Khujand), Tajikistan, Soviet Union, in a Soviet labor camp, on a hospital ship moored on the banks of the Syr-Daria river, to Polish Jewish parents who had fled from the town of Chrzanow, Galicia, during the Nazi 1939 invasion of Poland, and who later immigrated to France from Poland. His father was a watchmaker. Henri Weber was an activist in the May 68 uprising and was a leading member of the Trotskyist Jeunesse communiste révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist Youth) and Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) before joining the PS. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Japan. Weber died, aged 75, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
Pantheon has 7 people classified as politicians born between 400 BC and 1959. Of these 7, 3 (42.86%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living politicians include Emomali Rahmon, Oqil Oqilov, and Kokhir Rasulzoda. The most famous deceased politicians include Spitamenes, Rahmon Nabiyev, and Qahhor Mahkamov. As of April 2022, 1 new politicians have been added to Pantheon including Henri Weber.
Living Politicians
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Emomali Rahmon
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.68
Oqil Oqilov
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Kokhir Rasulzoda
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Deceased Politicians
Go to all RankingsSpitamenes
400 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 63.01
Rahmon Nabiyev
1930 - 1993
HPI: 57.01
Qahhor Mahkamov
1932 - 2016
HPI: 51.89
Henri Weber
1944 - 2020
HPI: 42.43
Newly Added Politicians (2022)
Go to all RankingsWhich Politicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Politicians since 1700.
