List of leaders of Tajikistan

Below is the list of leaders of present-day Tajikistan since the establishment of Tajik ASSR in 1925.

Leaders of Tajikistan (1925–1991)

Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1929)

Executive Secretaries of the Tajik Provincial Committee Communist Party

• Chinor Imomov (1924–1925)
• Boris Tolpygo (1925–1927)
• Mumin Khodzhayev (1927–1928)
• Ali Heydar Ibash Shervoni (1928–1929)
• Shirinsho Shotemur (1929 – November 1929)

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

• Nusratulla Maksum Lutfullayev (1926–1933)

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1929–1991)

First Secretaries of the Tajik Communist Party

• Mirza Davud Huseynov (November 1929 – 3 November 1933)
• Grigory Broydo (3 November 1933 – 8 January 1934)
• Suren Shadunts (8 January 1934 – September 1937)
• Urunboi Ushturov (September 1937 – March 1938)
• Dmitri Protopopov (April 1938 – August 1946)
• Bobojon Ghafurov (16 August 1946 – 24 May 1956)
• Tursun Uljabayev (24 May 1956 – 12 April 1961)
• Jabbor Rasulov (12 April 1961 – 4 April 1982)
• Rahmon Nabiyev (4 April 1982 – 14 December 1985)
• Qahhor Mahkamov (14 December 1985 – 4 September 1991)

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee

• Nusratulla Maksum Lutfullayev (16 December 1926 – 28 December 1933)
• Shirinsho Shotemur (28 December 1933 – December 1936)
• Abdullo Rakhimbayev (December 1936 – September 1937)
• Munavar Shagadayev (September 1937 – 13 July 1938)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

• N. Ashurov (13 July 1938 – 15 July 1938)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

• Munavar Shagadayev (15 July 1938 – 29 July 1950)
• Nazarsho Dodkhudoyev (29 July 1950 – 24 May 1956)
• Mirzo Rakhmatov (24 May 1956 – 28 March 1963)
• Makhmadullo Kholov (28 March 1963 – January 1964)
• Nizoramo Zaripova
• + Vladimir Oplanchuk (acting) (January – 17 February 1964)
• Gaibnasar Pallayev (17 February 1964 – 12 April 1990)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

• Qahhor Mahkamov (12 April 1990 – 30 November 1990)

Presidents of the Republic of Tajikistan (1991–present)

The first column consecutively numbers the individuals who have served as president, while the second column consecutively numbers the Presidential terms or administrations.

No.	Portrait	President	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Election
1		Mahkamov, QahhorQahhor Mahkamov (1932–2016)	30 November 1990	31 August 1991	274 days	Communist	—
-		Aslonov, KadriddinKadriddin Aslonov (1947–1992) Acting	31 August 1991	23 September 1991	23 days	Communist	—
2		Nabiyev, RahmonRahmon Nabiyev (1930–1993)	23 September 1991	6 October 1991	13 days	Communist	—
-		Iskandrov, AkbarshoAkbarsho Iskandrov (born 1951) Acting	6 October 1991	2 December 1991	57 days	Communist	—
(2)		Nabiyev, RahmonRahmon Nabiyev (1930–1993)	2 December 1991	7 September 1992	280 days	Communist	1991
-		Iskandrov, AkbarshoAkbarsho Iskandrov (born 1951) Acting	7 September 1992	20 November 1992	74 days	Communist	—

No.	Portrait	Chairman of the Supreme Assembly	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Election
1		Rahmon, EmomaliEmomali Rahmon (born 1952)	20 November 1992	16 November 1994	1 year, 361 days	Independent	—

No.	Portrait	President	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Election
3		Rahmon, EmomaliEmomali Rahmon (born 1952)	16 November 1994	Incumbent	29 years, 268 days	PDP	1994 1999 2006 2013

See also

• Politics of Tajikistan
• Prime Minister of Tajikistan