Rafiq Nishonov
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Rafiq Nishonov Рафик Нишанов | |
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| 12th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR | |
| In office 12 January 1988 – 23 June 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Inomjon Usmonxo‘jayev |
| Succeeded by | Islam Karimov |
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| Born | 15 January 1926 Gazalkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) |
| Political party | Communist Party (1954-1989) |
Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov (Cyrillic Uzbek: Рафиқ Нишонович Нишонов; Russian: Рафик Нишанович Нишанов Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov) (born 15 January 1926) served as the twelfth First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.[1]
Nishonov held this position for 17 months, from 12 January 1988 to 23 June 1989. His replacement was Islam Karimov.[2] He was also Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1989 to 1991.
In 1970-78 he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sergei Lavrov, who has since 2004 served as the Foreign Minister of Russia, served as his Sinhala interpreter.[3]
References
- ^ Dagikhudo Dagiev (30 October 2013). Regime Transition in Central Asia: Stateness, Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-134-60069-4.
- ^ Eric McGlinchey (30 September 2011). Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8229-7747-6.
- ^ Илья Канавин. Искушенный политик, вести недели, 16.01.2011 [1]
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