P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Khairulloev, Saidullo

Tajik politician Saidullo Khairulloev was born on August 10, 1945,

into a family of administrators in the Gharm district.

Khairulloev graduated from the Tajikistan Institute of Agriculture,

with a degree in hydroelectric engineering, in 1966. From 1969 to 1975,

Khairulloev was an engineer at the Gharm and Dushanbe Water Distri-

bution Centers. Between 1979 and 1985, he was Deputy to the Chair-

man of the Executive Committee of the Gharm Council of Peoples

Deputies. In 1979, he graduated from the High Party School in Tash-

kent, specializing in political science,  and from 1985 to 1990, served as

the First Secretary of the Sovietski District Committee of Khatlon

Communist Party. In 1990 and 1991, he was the chairman of the Execu-

tive Committee of the Khatlon District Council of Peoples Deputies in

Qurqanteppe. From 1992 to 1994, he was the Minister of Protection of

the Environment. From 1995 to 1998, he was the Chairman of the Ex-

ecutive Committee in Charge of Precious Metals. From 1998 to 2000,

he was the chairman of the Committee in Charge of Land Management.

In March 2000 Khairulloev was elected the chairman of the House

of Representatives of the Supreme Council of the Republic. He is the

recipient of a number of State awards, Orders, and Honors.