P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Dodkhudoev, Nazarsho

Tajik politician and public figure Nazarsho Dodkhudoev was born

on December 20, 1915, into a farming family of the village of Derzud in

Badakhshan.  He received his early education in Khorogh.

Dodkhudoev graduated from the Badakhshan Pedagogical College in

1934. In 1949 and 1950, he attended the Academy of Sciences state

management course. He received his doctorate degree in economics

from the Tashkent Economics University in 1969.

Dodkhudoev began his career as the Director of Badakhshoni Surkh

in 1934. From 1935 to 1938, he served the government in Khorogh and

Obi Garm. From 1938 to 1941, he was the Chief Editor and Director of

Pioniri Tojikiston and Vasiyyati Lenin, respectively. From 1950 to

1956, he was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.  From

1956 to 1961, he was the Prime Minister of Tajikistan, as well as the

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

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Dodkhudoev retired in 1992. His contributions include several books

about Tajikistan. He received the Order of the Distinguished Worker of

Tajikistan in 1945. He also received four Orders of Lenin and the Order

of "Dusti." Dodkhudoev, an untiring contributor to the welfare of Taji-

kistan in the latter part of the twentieth century, died on June 30, 2000.