Kokhir Rasulzoda

Prime Minister of Tajikistan

8 March 1959 Ghafurov, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union

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Incumbent

Prime Minister of Tajikistan (2013-present) This article contains conflicting dates of birth. 1961 is cited in the introductory paragraph while 1959 is cited in the side bar. Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov (Tajik: Абдуқохир Абдурасулович Назиров ; born 8 March 1961) 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. Political background Rasulzoda with Vladimir Putin at the Airport in Tajikistan in 2017. Rasulsoda with Ilham Aliyev in 2014 He was born as Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov on March 8, 1961 in the town of Kistakuz in Ghafurov District of Sughd Region of the Tajik SSR. In 1982, he graduated from the Agricultural University of Tajikistan, specializing in hydraulic engineering. Then Nazirov worked as engineer of the production department, chief engineer, chief of PMK-4, the head of the enterprise "Tajiksovskhozstroy." From January 2000 to December 2006, he served as minister for melioration and water resources. In 2008, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a degree in Technical Science. On December 2, 2006, he was made the Acting Head of Sughd Province, becoming the permanent leader of the province on February 27, 2007. In May 2007, he changed his name to Qohir Rasulzoda under President Emomali Rahmon's law. In December 2007 and in April 2010, Rasulzoda was elected as the first deputy chairman of National Assembly of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan. On November 23, 2013, Qohir Rasulzoda was appointed Prime Minister of Tajikistan, replacing Oqil Oqilov.