P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Makhsumov, Akbar

Tajik politician and agriculture expert Akbar Nusratulloevich

Makhsumov was born in Kokand, in present-day Republic of Uzbeki-

stan, on May 2, 1928.

Makhsumov graduated from the Institute of Agriculture of the Acad-

emy of Sciences of Tajikistan in 1948. In 1963, he became an Aca-

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demic. From 1962 to 1965, he was the Chief Scientific Secretary to the

President of the Academy of Sciences. Between 1961 and 1971, he was

the Minister of Agriculture. Thereafter, until 1975, he was the Associate

Chairman of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

A distinguished contributor to Tajik science, Makhsumov received

the Ibn Sina Prize, and was decorated with the Orders of the Red Ban-

ner of Labor, October Revolution, and the Badge of Honor as well.

Makhsumov died in Dushanbe in 2001.