P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shabdolov, Shodi

Tajik politician Shodi Shabdolov was born in Khorugh, Badakhshan,

in 1943.

Shabdolov graduated from the Tajik Polytechnical Institute in 1965.

Thereafter, he joined the Communist Party and was promoted among

the Badakhshani cadres to the Central Committee of the region.

Shabdolov moved to Dushanbe, and in September 1991, became the

Head of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. In June 1996, he was recon-

firmed in the same position. Shabdolov has been Tajikistan's Commu-

nist Party leader during the Republic's tough days; he continues to keep

the Communist ranks in place. He has kept his seat in the Parliament in

spite of the difficulties that the Party has experienced. Elected in 1990,

he was reelected in 1995, and again in 2000.

Shahidi, Tolib

Tajik composer, Tolib Shahidi, also referred to as Tolibkhon, was

born March 13, 1946, in Dushanbe. His father, Ziyodullo Shahidi, was

the founder

 

of twentieth

 

century

 

Tajik

 

music.

 

He

 

joined

 

the

 

CPSU in

1983.

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