Lieutenant General Emomali Abdur Rahim Sobirzoda (

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: Эмомалӣ Абдураҳим Собирзода; born July 20, 1972) is a Tajik military leader and the current

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of the

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. He also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defense, serving since November 2015 when he replaced Major General Zarif Bobokalonov. He recently oversaw the development of military relations between

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Biography

Sobirzoda was born on July 20, 1972 in the city of

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to a family of labor workers. He commenced his military career in 1992, immediately serving in military units that were deployed during the

Tajik Civil War The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...

. He graduated from the Military Institute (then military college) of the Ministry of Defence of Tajikistan, and from Kulob State University in the mid-1990s before moving to

where he would stay from 1999-2001. In February 2010, he was appointed to the position of Commander of the

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. He served in this position for 5 years until November 24, 2015, when by of President

Emomali Rahmon Emomali Rahmon (; born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov, tg, Эмомалӣ Шарӣпович Раҳмонов, script=Latn, italic=no, Emomalī Sharīpovich Rahmonov; ; born 5 October 1952) has been the 3rd President of Tajikistan since 16 Novem ...

and the approval of the government, Sobirzoda was made

, succeeding Major General Zarif Bobokalonov.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sobirzoda, Emomali 1972 births Living people Tajikistani generals Chiefs of the General Staff (Tajikistan)

Biography

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