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Ubaid Rajab

See Ubayd Rajabov.

Ubaydullaev, Mahmadsaid

Tajik politician Mahmadsaid Ubaydullaev was born in the Farkhor

district of Khatlan on February 1, 1952. He completed his early studies

in the public schools of the region.

Ubaidullaev graduated as an electrical engineer from the Tajikistan

Polytechinical School in 1970, and from the Kharkov Polytechnical In-

stitute in 1974. In 1975, he was the Head engineer of the Division of the

Statistic Center of Kulab. In 1976, he was the Head engineer of the Sta-

tistics Center for Kulab. From 1976 to1979, he was the Head of the

Statistics Center for Kulab. Between 1980 and 1983, Ubaydullaev was

the Director of the Organization of the Kulab Party Committee. Be-

tween 1983 and 1988, he attended the Advanced Party Institute in

Tashkent with a degree in politics. Upon returning to Tajikistan, he was

employed by the Provincial Statistics Agency of Kulab. Soon after that,

he became involved in the activities of the Communist Party of the

Republic.

In 1985 and 1986, Ubaidullaev was the Deputy Director of the Cen-

ter for Statistics of the Republic. From 1986 and 1988, he was the Di-

rector of the Industry and Transportation Division of the Regional

Committee. Between 1988 and 1990, he was the Director of the Re-

gional Statistics Center. From 1990 until 1992, he was the Deputy Di-

rector of the Soviet Executive Committee of the Kulab Representatives

In 1992 until 1994, he was the Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Min-

isters of Tajikistan . In December 1995, he was promoted to the position

of first Vice-Premier of the Republic. From 1996 to the present, he has

been the Mayor of Dushanbe. From 2000 to the present, he has been the

Head of the National Assembly of the Congress (Majlisi Oli) of Tajiki-

stan.

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Ubaydullaev has garnered the Order of Dusti (Friendship) Prize

(1998), the Order of Ismoili Somoni (1999), and the Leading World

Figures in the 21

st

 Century Award.