Abdulmajid Dostiev | |
|---|---|
Абдулмаҷид Достиев | |
.jpg) Dostiev in 2007 | |
| Leader of thePeople's Democratic Party | |
| In office 10 December 1994 – 18 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Emomali Rahmon |
| Ambassador of Tajikistan to Russia | |
| In office March 2, 2007 – 2014 | |
| President | Emomali Rahmon |
| Preceded by | Safar Safarov |
| Succeeded by | Imudin Sattorov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1946-05-10)10 May 1946 (age 78) Bokhtar District,Kurgan-Tyube,Tajik SSR,USSR |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan |
Abdulmajid Salimovich Dostiev (Tajik:Абдулмаҷид Достиев,Russian:Абдулмаджид Салимович Достиев; born 1946) is aTajikistan politician and diplomat.
Born inBokhtar District in 1946, Dostiev served in theSoviet Army from 1966 until 1968 before pursuing a career inagriculture.[1] Dostiev worked on akolkhoz (communal farm) and went on to studyentomology at theAgricultural University of Tajikistan, graduating in 1974.[1] In 1977 he became the chief agronomist at theQurghonteppa Department of Agriculture, and in 1980 he became head of that department.[1]
In 1992, as theSoviet Union collapsed, Dostiev joined the Sitodi Melli armed militia of thePopular Front, becoming secretary of the regional executive committee, and in November of that year was appointed to the TajikSupreme Soviet as first deputy.[1] The next year he founded the People's Party of Tajikistan (now thePeople's Democratic Party of Tajikistan), serving as chair until 1998.[1][2][3]
In 1995 he was elected to theSupreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), and in 1996 he was appointed deputy chair of the assembly, a position he held for four years.[1] He also served as deputy of the Commission forNational Reconciliation in 1997.[1] In 2000, he was elected to the assembly's lower chamber, where he served as deputy parliamentary chair.[1]
In December 2006, he was appointed as theAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of Tajikistan to theRussian Federation and concurrently toUkraine.[4][5]
In 2021, he proposed to renameIskanderkul to Kuli Rahmon or Rakhmonkul, after PresidentEmomali Rahmon, in order for "the name of the aggressor and villain,Alexander the Great, will disappear from the map of our beloved homeland".[6]
He speaks Tajik, Russian, and Uzbek. He is married with five children and grandchildren.