P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Iraj Bashiri

Minneapolis

September 2002

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Abdujabborov, Tohir

Tajik politician Tohir Abdujabborov was born on February 10, 1946,

in Asht, Leninabad.

Abdujabborov graduated from the Geography Division of the Eco-

nomics Department of the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute with a degree

in Economics in 1970. Between 1970 and 1973 he was a post-graduate

candidate at the Oriental Institute of Moscow. From 1973 until 1989, he

worked at the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan. Between 1976 and 1987 he made two trips to Afghanistan

where he taught at the Institute of Sociology. Between 1989 and 1992,

he trained production cadres for the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

This affiliation led to his launching, in 1989, of the Rastokhez

(Resurrection) Party. In 1990, he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan. As a main opposition leader, between 1990 and 1992,

Abdujabborov cooperated with the leaders of the Islamic Resurgence

Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), as well as with the Democratic Party of

Tajikistan (DPT). The coalition, popularly known as the Opposition,

was defeated in 1992 and 1993 and its leaders were dispersed.

Abdujabborov left Tajikistan in 1993. At the present, he lives in

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He is the Director of the Department of Interna-

tional Economics of the Human Resources University.