P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bobosodiqova, Guljahon

Tajik politician Guljahon Boboevna Bobosodiqova was born on No-

vember 8, 1937, in Uroteppa to a family of state officials. She joined

CPSU in 1960.

Bobosodiqova graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1959

with a degree in physics and mathematics. Bobosodiqova started her po-

litical career in 1961 as the secretary of the Komsomol Committee in

Dushanbe. Thereafter, she occupied a number of positions including

Deputy Chair of the Organizational Committee of the Communist Party

of Tajikistan (1972-75), Member of the Central Committee of the Com-

munist Party of Tajikistan, and Representative to the Supreme Soviet of

both the USSR and Tajikistan.

Bobosodiqova has organized seminars for women's access to educa-

tion, headed projects dealing with education for girls, and served as

project head for the "Convention on the Liquidation of Discrimination

Against Women," "The School of Law Education for Women," and

"Women and Modernity." She is the President of the Association of

Women with University Degrees.

Bobosodiqova has received three Orders of the Red Banner of Labor

and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.