Oqil Oqilov

Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov (Tajik: Оқил Ғайбуллоевич Оқилов, Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov; Russian: Окил Гайбуллаевич Окилов; born 2 February 1944), alternatively transliterated as Akil Akilov, is a Tajikistani politician. He was the 7th Prime Minister of Tajikistan from 20 December 1999 to 23 November 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan.[1]

Oqil Oqilov
Оқил Оқилов
Oqilov in 2011
7th Prime Minister of Tajikistan
In office
20 December 1999 – 23 November 2013
PresidentEmomali Rahmon
Preceded byYahyo Azimov
Succeeded byKokhir Rasulzoda
Personal details
Born (1944-02-02) 2 February 1944
Khujand, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
(now Tajikistan)
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party

Biography

Oqilov was born in Khujand in 1944. He began working in the Sughd veloyat in 1960. He attended the Moscow Institute for Engineering and Construction, graduating in 1967. He left the Sughd veloyat in 1976 to work for the Communist Party of Tajikistan, with which he remained involved until 1993. He was appointed Minister of Construction in 1993. The following year, he was made vice premier of Tajikistan. He served in that position until 1996, when he returned to the Sughd veloyat as first deputy chair in June. He was appointed Prime Minister of Tajikistan in December 1999.[2]

See also

References
  1. AKILOV, Akil Gaibullayevich International Who's Who, accessed September 3, 2006.
  2. Abdullaev, Kamoludin; Akbarzaheh, Shahram (2010-04-27). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan. Scarecrow Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-8108-7379-7.


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