Emomali Rahmonov

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Emomali Rahmonov
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2nd President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Incumbent
Assumed office November 20 1992
Preceded by	Rahmon Nabiev

Born	October 5, 1952 Kulob (Kulyab), Tajikistan
Spouse	Azizmo Asadullaeva

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Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov (Tajik: Эмомалӣ Шарифович Раҳмонов or امامعلی شريفويچ رحمانف, Russian: Рахмонов Эмомали Шарипович; name also appears as Imamali Rakhmonov in literature.) (born October 5, 1952) has been the President of Tajikistan since 1994 (and the head of state since 1992).

He was born to a peasant family in Dangara, in Kulob (Kulyab) province. His original power base was as chairman of the collective state farm of his native Dangara, and in 1990 he was elected as a people's deputy to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR. He was confirmed by re-election as chairman of the Supreme Council of an independent Tajikistan in 1992, after the resignation of the pro-Communist Rahmon Nabiev.

On November 6, 1994, Rahmonov was elected to the newly created post of president of Tajikistan, and he was sworn in on November 16. Following constitutional changes, he was re-elected on November 6, 1999 to a seven-year term, taking 97% of the vote. On June 22, 2003, he won a referendum that would allow him to run for two more consecutive seven-year terms after his present term expires in 2006. The opposition alleges that this amendment was hidden in a way that verged upon electoral fraud.

Rahmonov was re-elected on November 6, 2006 with about 79% of the vote.<ref>Mike Eckel (2006). Tajikistan president wins new 7-yr. term. Associated Press. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.</ref>

The executive arm of the government is supplemented by a Security Council and five Advisors.

Rahmonov survived an assassination attempt in April 1997 in Hujand, as well as two attempted coups in August 1997 and in November 1998. Rakhmonov convinced UNESCO to declare 2002-2003 the third millennium since Zoroaster's birth, and in his book, The Tajiks in the Mirror of History, he claimed that Zoroaster was a Tajik from Bactria. In this book, Rahmonov also wrote:

Many principles of the Zarathushtrian religion have left a deep imprint on the [Tajik] people's mind. The habit has been preserved prohibiting the killing of animals when they are pregnant and the cutting of trees in blossom. Water, earth and fire have to be protected from any impurity. The fumes of some fragrant herbs are still used to keep away sickness and the force of evil.

These and many other examples give evidence that in every Tajik house we may find trace of Zarathushtra's teachings.

Let us hope in the new millennium, the Tajik people will continue to live under the spiritual guidance of Zarathushtra, the prophet of truth and light.

Rahmonov is a Muslim and has performed the hajj when he went to Mecca on March 1997. He has called for closer ties with other Muslim nations in the region, notably the Persian speaking nations of Iran and Afghanistan. His reply to the critics of the election standards of the 2006 Tajikistani presidential elections was:

Tajikistan is a country where more than 99 percent of the population is Muslim. We have a different culture, and this has to be taken account of.

He is married to Azizmo Asadullaeva and has nine children.

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**Summary of the 6 November 2006 Tajikistan presidential election results**
Candidates - Nominating parties	Votes	%
Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov - People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan		79.3
Olimzon Boboyev - Party of Economic Reform		6.2
Amir Karakulov - Agrarian Party of Tajikistan		5.3
Ismoil Talbakov - Tajik Communist Party		5.1
Abdualim Gafforov - Socialist Party		2.8
Total		100.0
Source: Associated Press