Akbarsho Iskandarov (born 1 August 1951) is a Tajik politician who was twice acting president of

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

. He first served as acting president from October 6, 1991, to December 2, 1991, when

Rahmon Nabiyev Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev, also spelled Rakhmon Nabiev ( tg, Раҳмон Набиев; russian: Рахмон Набиевич Набиев), (5 October 1930 – 11 April 1993) was a Tajik politician who served as the First Secretary of the Comm ...

stepped down to fight Tajikistan's first presidential election. Nabiyev won the election and took over as the first popularly elected president in the country's history, but resigned in September 1992, following a

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

. Iskandrov again took the interim presidency and later resigned on 20 November 1992, after which the office of president was abolished and

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 ...

was installed as head of state. Iskandrov also served as ambassador to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

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Presidents of Tajikistan Heads of state of Tajikistan Living people 1951 births People from Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Leaders who took power by coup Ambassadors of Tajikistan to Turkmenistan Ambassadors of Tajikistan to Kazakhstan {{Tajikistan-politician-stub