Lieutenant General
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Rahmonali Davlat Safaralizoda () is a Tajik leader and current Commander of the
Tajik Air Force.
He was born in the
Khatlon Region
Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest ...
on 6 April 1969 in a family of a workers. In August 1986, he enrolled in the Gorky Military Air Defense School of the
Soviet Air Defence Forces
The Soviet Air Defence Forces (russian: войска ПВО, ''voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony'', ''voyska PVO'', ''V-PVO'', lit. ''Anti-Air Defence Troops''; and formerly ''protivovozdushnaya oborona strany'', ''PVO strany'', lit. ''Anti-Air De ...
, where he graduated in August 1990. After the
fall of the Soviet Union
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, he joined the
Tajik National Army
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. In 1993, he served in the local Commissariat for his native
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. The following year, he became an officer of the Air Defense Department of the
Ministry of Defense
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. In August 1994, he enrolled in the
Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy
The Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy, or formally the Military Academy of Air and Space Defence named after Marshal of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov (russian: Военная академия воздушно-космической оборон ...
in
Tver
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. From August 1997 to March 2001, he was the Chief of Staff of the Air Defense Forces. From March 2001 to December 2005, he served as Commander of the Air Defense and has since December 2005 been the commander of the united branch. In February 2005 he was awarded the rank of
Major General
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.
In April 2021, he chaired a regular meeting of the Air Defense Coordination Committee under the
Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS.
Family
He was married to Salima Dzhalinovna Sharipova (born in 1969). He had five children (2 sons and 3 daughters):
* Firuz (born in 1992)
* Beiruz (born in 2003)
* Rukhshuna (born 1995)
* Zarina (born in 1997)
* Ibigul (born in 2001)
Awards
* Order of Courage
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Order of Glory
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*3 other medals
References
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1969 births
Living people
People from Khatlon Region
Tajikistani generals
Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy alumni