Turajonzoda, Khoji Akbar

Khoji Akbar Turajonzoda (Akbar Turaevich Kakhhorov; Tajik. Ҳoҷӣ Akbar Tӯraҷonzoda ; February 16, 1954 ) - spiritual and political figure in Tajikistan , leader of the Tajik Islamists during the Civil War , in the summer and autumn of 1992, he had great power and was de facto the first person in the state. Known for the spiritual rank of Kazi-Kalon (Supreme Judge). Being the leader of the Islamists in Tajikistan, refrained from religious extremism and took a balanced position, was in political alliance with the Democrats. At the height of the civil war, when the country got out of control, its influence waned and field commanders gained more importance.

Khoji Akbar Turajonzoda
Taj. Ҳоҷӣ Akbar Tӯraҷonzoda
1st head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Tajik SSR 1988 - 1991
Predecessor	Position established
1st head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tajikistan 1993 - 1998
Successor	Position abolished
1st Deputy Head of the United Tajik Opposition 1993 - 1998
Successor	Position abolished
1st Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan 1998 - 2005
Birth	February 16, 1954 ( 1954-02-16 ) (aged 65) Ordzhonikidzeabad district Tajik SSR
The consignment
Education
Profession	politician
Religion	Islam , Sunni

Born February 16, 1954 in a large family of a Sufi scholar-theologian in the Kofarnikhonsky ( Vahdat ) region of Tajikistan ^[1] in the Romit gorge. One of his brothers taught at the Dushanbe Islamic Institute. In 1976 he graduated from the Mir-Arab Madrasah of Bukhara, and thanks to his talents he was able to take a seven-year course in four years. In 1980 he graduated from the Islamic Institute in Tashkent . He worked in the international department of the Centralized Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan in Tashkent, studied in Jordan , in 1988 he graduated from the Sharia faculty of the University of Jordan, received a bachelor's degree in law.

From 1988 to 1993 he was the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tajikistan, actively participated in the political life of the country and in the civil war as one of the leaders of the opposition.

In 1992, during the opposition opposition, Islamists, Democrats (in Shokhidon Square) and Communists (in Ozodi Square) became the leader of the opposition. In the summer and especially in the fall, when the opposition’s power in Dushanbe was the strongest, he was the de facto leader of the state, but the outbreak of the civil war dramatically changed the situation, the country got out of control, and in December the Popular Front troops entered the capital.

In late 1992, fearing persecution by the changing government, he was forced to temporarily leave the country.

Since 1993, Turajonzoda served as deputy chairman of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan.

At the inter-Tajik negotiations in 1997 , which led to national reconciliation, he led the delegation of the Tajik opposition.

From 1998 to February 2005, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan.

Member of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan of the 12th convocation.

Since February 2005 - Member of the Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli (Parliament) of the Republic of Tajikistan of the third convocation, has not held any position.

He currently advocates improving relations with Russia and the sale of the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) in order to increase investment in the Tajik economy and create jobs, criticizing the position of President Emomali Rahmon ^[2] .