Abdulmadzhid Dostiev

Abdulmadzhid Dostiev

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Russian Federation.
Date of Birth: 10.05.1946
Country: Tajikistan

Content:
  1. Early Life and Education
  2. Political Activism
  3. - Studied at the Tashkent Higher Party School (1984-1987)
  4. Parliamentary Career
  5. - Founded the People's Party of Tajikistan (1994)
  6. Peacemaking and National Reconciliation
  7. Career in the Majlisi Oli
  8. - Concurrent Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Ukraine
  9. - Candidate of Legal Sciences
  10. - Married with five children and several grandchildren

Early Life and Education

- Born on May 10, 1946, in Kurgan-Tyube, Tajikistan
- Graduated from the Tajik Agricultural Institute (1974)
- Graduated from the Tashkent Higher Party School (1987)
- Served in the Soviet Army from 1965-1968
Career in Agriculture
- Worked in Lenin Collective Farm, Kurgan-Tyube District (1968-1969)
- Joined the Tajik Agricultural Institute as a student (1969)
- Graduated with honors from the Tajik Agricultural Institute (1974)

- Became an agronomist-entomologist and a brigadier of a cotton-growing brigade (1974)

- Senior agronomist in the Department of Agriculture of Kurgan-Tyube City Executive Committee (1975-1977)

Political Activism

- Instructor in the Organizational Department of Kurgan-Tyube City Committee of the Communist Party (1977)

- Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Lenin Collective Farm (1980)

- Head of the Organizational Department of Kurgan-Tyube City Committee (1980)

- Studied at the Tashkent Higher Party School (1984-1987)

- Graduated with a degree in Political Science (1987)

- Chairman of the People's Control Committee of Kurgan-Tyube District (1987)

- Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies of Kurgan-Tyube District (1988)

Parliamentary Career

- Elected as a Deputy to the Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan (1990-2007)

- First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan (1992-1995)

- Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Commission of Tajikistan (1994)

- Led the working group that drafted the current Constitution of Tajikistan (1994)

- Founded the People's Party of Tajikistan (1994)

- Elected Chairman of the People's Party of Tajikistan (1994)

- Elected as the First Deputy Chairman of the Majlisi Oli of Tajikistan (1995-1996)

- Simultaneously appointed as Acting Chairman of the Khatlon Regional Government (1996)

Peacemaking and National Reconciliation

- Led the government delegation in inter-Tajik peace talks (1994)
- Signed the first peace agreement with the opposition (1994)
- Deputy Chairman of the Commission on National Reconciliation (1997)

- Led the government delegation of the Commission on National Reconciliation

Career in the Majlisi Oli

- First Vice-Speaker of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (2001)
- Member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (NDPT)
- Deputy in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (2005)
- Elected President of the NDPT (1998)
- Re-elected as First Vice-Speaker of the Majlisi Oli (2005)
Diplomatic Career

- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Russian Federation (2007-present)

- Concurrent Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Ukraine

Legacy and Awards
- Played a vital role in restoring constitutional order in Tajikistan
- Contributed to the achievement of national reconciliation
- Awarded the Order of Ismoili Somoni

- Recognized as a Distinguished Figure in the State and Politics of Tajikistan

- Awarded the Order of "Dusti" and the Order of "Commonwealth" (CIS Interparliamentary Assembly)

- Received the Golden Order of Peace from the Mezenaty Stoletiya International Charitable Foundation

- Author of over 400 articles and publications on law, politics, and history

- Candidate of Legal Sciences

- Doctor of Political Sciences
- Fluent in Russian, Persian, and Uzbek

- Holds the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador

- Married with five children and several grandchildren

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