P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Rasulov, Muhammadjon

Tajik pathophysiologist and one of the main advocates of improving

health and well-being in Tajikistan, Muhammadjon Yabqubovich

Rasulov was born on August 25, 1920, in Khujand. He joined the CPSU

in 1944.

Rasulov graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1943.

From 1943 to 1948, he was the Acting Minister of Health and Well-

Being of Tajikistan, and a professor at the Tajikistan State Medical In-

stitute. Between 1949 and 1954, he was a Scientific Worker in the De-

partment of Physiology and Pathology at the Academy of Sciences of

the Soviet Union, Tajikistan Branch. From 1955 to 1971, he was the Di-

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