Tajikistan
Tajikistan, 1991 to today. Draft, not yet reviewed
On 9 September 1991, Tajikistan declared itself an independent sovereign state as the Soviet Union was disintegrating. A civil war was fought after independence, lasting from May 1992 to June 1997. Since the end of the war, newly established political stability and foreign aid have allowed the country's economy to grow. Mountains cover more than 90% of the country.
Seat of power: Dushanbe
Rulers
Rahmon Nabiyev
president of Tajikistan, 1991–1992
Nabiyev served as the second president of Tajikistan from 1991 until his resignation in 1992. In September 1991 shortly after independence, Nabiyev became the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan and thus the president. His resignation was officially accepted on 19 November during the 16th session of the Tajik Supreme Soviet which abolished the presidency.
Portrait of Rahmon Nabiyev: EgemenMedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, file
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Akbarsho Iskandrov
president of Tajikistan, 1991–1992
Akbarsho Iskandarov was twice acting president of Tajikistan. He first served as acting president from October 6, 1991, to December 2, 1991, when Rahmon Nabiyev stepped down to fight Tajikistan's first presidential election.
Emomali Rahmon
president of Tajikistan, 1994 to today
He has served as the third president of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly from 1992 to 1994. He extended his powers via constitutional referendums in 1999 and 2003. Following the results of another constitutional referendum in 2016, amendments were adopted that removed presidential term limits.
Culture
- Tajiks form the ethnic majority in the country, and their national language is Tajik. Russian is used as the official inter-ethnic language.
- While the state is constitutionally secular, Islam is nominally adhered to by 97.5% of the population.
- In the Gorno-Badakhshan oblast, there is considerable linguistic diversity, with languages such as Rushani, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi, and Tajik being spoken.
- It is a developing country with a transitional economy that is dependent on remittances and on the production of aluminium and cotton.
Picture
The Fann Mountains are part of the western Pamir-Alay mountain system in Tajikistan's Sughd Province.
Image: Oleg Brovko from Halle (Saale), Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, file
Sources
Text adapted from the Wikipedia articles listed as sources, CC BY-SA 4.0.