P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Hojiboev, Abdurahim

Tajik economist Abdurahim Ghozievich Hojiboev was born into a

farming family in the village of Qistakuz in Khujand on October 2,

1934.

Hojiboev graduated from the Saratov Planning and Economics In-

stitute in 1957. He was a Junior Scientific Worker between 1957 and

1961 at the Production Forces of the Academy of Sciences of Tajiki-

stan. From 1965 to 1978, he was Senior Scientific Worker and Head of

the Labor Reserve of the Soviet of Production of the Academy of Sci-

ences of Tajikistan. Then, from 1978 to 1980, he was Head of the Eco-

nomics Division of the Institute of Scientific Research in Agriculture,

State Committee of Agro-Industrial Institute of Tajikistan. In 1980, he

became Acting Director of Research at the same institute. He received

his doctorate degree in economics in 1982.

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Hojiboev's research deals with the problems of development and im-

plementation of production forces, demography, and regional econom-

ics of Tajikistan and Central Asia.

He is a recipient of the Red Banner of Courage, the 100

th

 Anniver-

sary of Lenin, and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan.