P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Qoimdodov, Qozidavlat

Tajik politician Qozidavlat Qoimdodov was born in the Shughnon

district of Badakhshan in 1949.

Qoimdodov  graduated from the Tajikistan Institute of Agriculture

with a degree in animal genetics in 1971, and from the Tashkent Com-

munist Party Institute in 1986. He served in the Soviet army from 1986

to 1971. From 1973 to 1978, he taught at the Komsomol Committee of

Badakhshan. In 1978, Qoimdodov was an instructor in the Department

of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Badakhshan Committee of the

CPT.

In 1990, Qoimdodov was elected to Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan

where he chaired the Committee on Agricultural Policy and Provisions.

He was promoted, in October 1991, to the position of First Party Secre-

tary of Khorugh. The following November, he became the Deputy Chair

of Tajikistan's Supreme Soviet. In April 1995, he became the Deputy

Chair of the Tajik Congress (Majlisi Oli). Qoimdodov was appointed

Vice Premier in January 2000.