P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Asadulloev, Iskandar

Tajik politician Iskandar Asadulloev was born in 1949.

Between 1973, the year he graduated from the Moscow State Uni-

versity with a degree in history, and 1978, he worked at the Academy of

Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1985, the Department of Philosophy of the

Academy accepted him as a candidate in philosophy. Asadulloev then

joined the staff of the Tajik State Medical Institute in 1978 and

remained there until 1986, teaching courses in philosophy. He rejoined

the same institute again in 1991 and worked there until 1993. From

1989 to 1991, he served as a Lecturer in philosophy and as a consultant

for the Communist Party of Tajikistan.

Between 1993 and 1996, Asadulloev joined the Institute of World

Economy and International Relations of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan. He joined the Tajik government as an assistant to the

President of the Republic in 1996. In 1998, he became the Director of

the Center for Strategic Research at the Office of the President.