Kokhir Rasulzoda

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Qohir Rasulzoda
Қоҳир Расулзода
Rasulzoda in 2018
8th Prime Minister of Tajikistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 November 2013
President	Emomali Rahmon
Deputy	Davlatali Said
Preceded by	Oqil Oqilov
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-08) 8 March 1961 (age 63) Ghafurov, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Tajikistan)
Political party	People's Democratic Party
Alma mater	Agricultural University of Tajikistan

Qohir Rasulzoda (Tajik: Қоҳир Расулзода; born Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov, Tajik: Абдуқохир Абдурасулович Назиров; Russian: Абдукохир 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.

The Prime Minister post in Tajikistan is largely ceremonial.^[1] Power is concentrated in the hands of authoritarian ruler, President Emomali Rakhmon.^[1]

He was born as Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov on 8 March 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."^{[citation needed]}

From January 2000 to December 2006, he served as minister for melioration and water resources.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a degree in Technical Science. On 2 December 2006 he was made the Acting Head of Sughd Province, becoming the permanent leader of the province on 27 February 2007. In May 2007, he changed his name to Qohir Rasulzoda under President Emomali Rahmon's law.^[2][3]

In December 2007 and in April 2010, Rasulzoda was elected as the first deputy chairman of National Assembly of the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 November 2013 Qohir Rasulzoda was appointed Prime Minister of Tajikistan, replacing Oqil Oqilov.^[4][5][6]

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  Rasulzoda with Vladimir Putin at the Airport in Tajikistan in 2017
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  Rasulsoda with Ilham Aliyev in 2014

His wife, Ikhbolkhon Nazirova, owns two properties worth $1.4 million in Dubai.^[7][1] She also owns several properties in Tajikistan.^[1] Their daughter, Farangez Azimova, owns a villa in Dubai worth $5.4 million.^[1]

The source of the couple's wealth is unknown, as she has no known income and Rasulzoda, as a public official for 24 years, has been barred from engaging in commercial activities.^[1]

• Honored Worker of Tajikistan
• Order of the Defense Assistance Society of the CIS "For Outstanding Services" (2009)
• Order "For Selfless Service" (Uzbekistan, 2018)^[8]
• Order of Honor (Russia, 30 December 2022)^[9]

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