Abdumalik Abdullayevich Abdullajanov (russian: Абдулладжанов, Абдумалик Абдуллаевич; tg, Абдумалик Абдуллоҷонов; born January 1, 1949) is a

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

i politician, born in Leninabad. He served as the third

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from September 21, 1992, to December 18, 1993. He resigned as Prime Minister to become Tajikistan's first ambassador to

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. In 1994, he ran in the second presidential elections in Tajikistan but, according to official reports, lost to

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 ...

, Tajikistan's current president. After that, he left Tajikistan, stayed in Russia for several years, then moved to the

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in 1998 and lived there since then; Abdullajanov had refugee status there. Abdullajanov was detained at

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(near

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capital

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) on the request of the Tajik authorities upon arriving from

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on 5 February 2013. Tajik authorities accuse Abdullajanov of plotting an assassination attempt on Rahmon on 30 April 1997, when the president was wounded in the leg. Abdullajanov was also charged with organizing a riot in the

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which claimed dozens of lives in 1998. Abdullajanov has denied any involvement in his interviews to Western media.UNHCR asks Ukraine to free detained Tajik ex-premier

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(13 March 2013) On 4 April 2013 Ukraine freed Abdullajanov from detention and refused a request to extradite him to his homeland. Rumors have circulated that "Abdullajanov would support an opposition candidate who has not yet declared his participation" in the November 2013 Tajikistani presidential election, but because Abdullajanov has not been interviewed for a long time his stand on the issue is unclear.UNHCR welcomes ex-Tajik premier’s release from detention

(6 April 2013)

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