P rominent t ajik f igures of the

\Bobokhojaev, Islom

Tajik physician Islom Yakubovich Bobokhojaev was born in Khu-

jand on August 25, 1915. He joined the CPSU in 1943.

Bobokhojaev graduated from the Tashkent Medical Institute in 1937

and joined the warfront where he served as a military doctor until 1943.

From 1943 to 1947, he was the Head of the Healthcare Division of

Leninabad. From 1947 to 1953, he served as the Acting Minister of

Health in the Republic, and from 1958 to 1961, he was the Head Physi-

cian of the Republic hospitals. Then, from 1961 to 1972, he worked in

the Public Institute of the Study of Social Hygiene.

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Iraj Bashiri

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Bobokhojaev has published a number of studies dealing with the es-

tablishment of health organizations in the Republic. He became a doctor

of medicine in 1972, and a professor in 1977. He is one of the first to

establish a health service at the republic level.

Bobokhojaev has received the Badge of Honor, the Order of the Pa-

triotic War 2

nd

 class, and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme

Soviet of Tajikistan.