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Davlat Usmon

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Davlat Usmon
Давлат Усмон
Personal details
Political partyIslamic Renaissance Party (1991–?)
Other political
affiliations
United Tajik Opposition
(1993–?)

Davlat Usmon (Tajik: Давлат Усмон) is a Tajikistani politician.

Career

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Usmon was a founding member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 1991, and one of its first deputy chairmen.[1]

Usmon was a field commander for the United Tajik Opposition during the Tajikistan Civil War of the 1990s. A former Economics Minister, he was the Islamic Renaissance Party's candidate in the 1991 and 1999 presidential elections. He lost the election to incumbent president, Emomali Rahmon, gaining only 2.1% of the vote amidst criticism that the election was not free and fair.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Naumkin, Vitaliĭ Vi︠a︡cheslavovich (2005). Radical Islam in Central Asia: between pen and rifle. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58. Davlat Usmon.
  2. ^ "Tajik election victory is challenged". BBC News. 7 November 1999.