P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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kistan State Medical Institute. In 1973, he became the Director of the

same institute.

Ghoibov is one of the founders of the School for Medical Law Ex-

perts. He received his doctorate degree in 1976 and became a professor

in 1977. In 1977, he became the Chief Expert for the Ministry of Health

of the Republic. Between 1978 and 1982, he served as a member of the

Problems Committee at the Presidium of the Soviet Union, and of the

Presidium of the Association of Medical Lawyers.

He is the recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Ghoibov, Mahmad

Tajik poet Mahmad Murodalievich Ghoibov, also referred to as

Muhammad Ghoib, was born into a farming family in the village of

Alijon in Danghara, Kulab, on March 16, 1954. He joined the CPSU in

1984.

Ghoibov graduated from the Kulab State Institute with a degree in

Mathematics and Physics in 1977. He was a reporter as well as an in-

vestigator for the Kulab Radio and Television Committee.

Ghoibov's first poems were published in Kulab newspapers in 1972.

The themes of his works are centered on the Tajik rustic scene and ethi-

cal predicaments of the rural people. He joined the Union of Writers of

Tajikistan in 1982. His contributions include "Rohi Diha" ("The Road

to the Village," 1981), "Ruzhoi Boroni" ("Rainy Days," 1985),

"Mihrgioh" ("Love Potion," 1986), and "Khirmani Moh" ("Harvest

Moon," 1989).

Ghoibov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1982.