List of Tajik people
This is a list of notable people from the Tajik ethnic group.
Politics
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, commander and mujahideen in Afghanistan, assassinated by al Qaeda
- Rustam Emomali, Mayor of Dushanbe and the eldest son of president Emomali Rahmon
- Emomali Rahmon, current President of Tajikistan
- Rahmon Nabiyev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and two time President of Tajikistan
- Jamshed Karimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan and a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
- Kokhir Rasulzoda, current Prime Minister of Tajikistan
- Habibullah Kalakani, former King of Afghanistan
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan
Military
- Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense since November 2013
- Emomali Sobirzoda, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
- Negmatullo Kurbanov, Commanding Officer of the Tajik Internal Troops
- Abduhalim Nazarzoda, former Deputy Minister of Defense
- Latif Fayziyev, Commander of the Tajik Mobile Forces
- Saimumin Yatimov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security
- Ramazon Rahimov, Minister of Internal Affairs
- Gulmurod Khalimov, lieutenant-colonel when commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan until 2015, he then defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Ismail Khan, Former Minister of Water and Energy and governor of Herat
- Abdul Qadir, Afghan Communist general. He is of Tajik origin
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military personnel. Fought in the Afghan-soviet war and then the Afghan civil wars. He was famously named the lion of Panjshir
Sports
Business
- Rus Yusupov, co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia
Entertainment
- Malika Kalontarova, Tajik-American actress
- Manizha
- Mayram Isoeva
- Gulchehra Baqoeva
- Bozgul Isoeva, ballet dancer
- Katerina Izmailova, 3-time Olympic swimmer
Arts and culture
- Zakir Sabirov
- Zuhur Habibullaev
- Rohat Nabieva Tajikistani historian
Science
- Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
See also
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