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- <text id=93CT1369>
- <title>
- Tajikistan--Government
- </title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tajikistan
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: Republic of Tajikistan</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Tajikistan</l>
- <l> local long form: Respublika i Tojikiston</l>
- <l> local short form: none</l>
- <l> former: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: TI
- </p>
- <p>Type: republic
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Dushanbe
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: 2 oblasts (oblastey, singular -
- oblast') and one autonomous oblast*; Gorno-Badakhshan*; Khatlon,
- Leninabad (Khudzhand)
- </p>
- <p>note: the rayons around Dushanbe are under direct republic
- jurisdiction; an oblast usually has the same name as its
- administrative center (exceptions have the administrative center
- name following in parentheses)
- </p>
- <p>Independence: 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: as of mid-1993, a new constitution had not been
- formally approved
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: based on civil law system; no judicial review of
- legislative acts
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: NA
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: Tajik Democratic Party (TDP),
- Maksud IKRAMOV, Davia KOUDONAZAROV, Shodmon YUSUPOV; Tajik
- Socialist Party (TSP), Rakhman NABIYEV, Kakhkhor MAKHKAMOV;
- Islamic Revival Party (IRP), Mullah Mukhamedsharif KHIMATZODA,
- Daviat USMON
- </p>
- <p>Other political or pressure groups: Tajik People's Front
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> President: last held 27 October 1991 (next to be held NA);
- results - Rakhman NABIYEV, Communist Party 60%; Davlat
- KHUDONAZAROV, Democratic Party, Islamic Rebirth Party and
- Rastokhoz Party 30%
- </p>
- <p> Supreme Soviet: last held 25 February 1990 (next to be held
- NA); results - Communist Party 99%, other 1%; seats - (230
- total) Communist Party 227, other 3
- </p>
- <p>note: in May 1992, the Supreme Soviet was replaced by the
- transitional 80-member Assembly (Majlis) and in November 1992
- Emomili RAKHMANOV, chairman of the Assembly, became Chief of
- State
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, cabinet
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly (Majlis)
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: NA
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State: Acting President and Assembly Chairman
- Emomili RAKHMANOV (since NA November 1992)
- </p>
- <p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Abdumalik ABULAJANOV
- (since NA November 1992); First Deputy Prime Minister Tukhtaboy
- GAFAROV (since NA November 1992)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: CIS, CSCE, EBRD, ECO, ESCAP, NACC, UN, UNCTAD, WHO
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: NA</l>
- <l> chancery: NA</l>
- <l> telephone: NA</l>
- </list>
- <list>
- <l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador Stanley T. ESCUDERO</l>
- <l> embassy: (temporary) #39 Ainii Street, Dushanbe</l>
- <l> mailing address: APO AE 09862</l>
- <l> telephone: [7] (3772) 24-82-33</l>
- </list>
- <p>Flag: NA
- </p></body></article></text>
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