Mayor of Dushanbe

The Mayor of Dushanbe (Tajik: Шаҳрдори Душанбе) is the chief executive of the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. The current mayor of Dushanbe is Rustam Emomali.

Mayor of Dushanbe
Шаҳрдори Душанбе
Coat of Arms of Dushanbe
Incumbent Rustam Emomali since 12 January 2017
Style	Mr. Mayor
Appointer	President of Tajikistan
Inaugural holder	Mirzotemur Mirzoev
Formation	6 November 1992
Website	http://www.dushanbe.tj/

Soviet era leaders of the capital

Until November 1994, power in the capital was derived from the Council of People's Deputies and its executive committee. Chairmen of the Executive Committee of Dushanbe have included:

• Mirzosharif Rahimov (1925–1926)
• Juma Ziyo (1926–1928)
• Bobonazar Mirzoev (1928–1929)
• С. Vazirov (1929–1930)
• J. Yakubov (1930–1931)
• L. Rizoev (1931–1932)
• B. Khamdamov (1932–1933)
• А. Yormuhammadov (1933)
• А. Raziqov (1933–1937)
• J. Shanbezoda (1937–1938)
• М. Kalitin (1938–1940)
• T. Sarayev (1940–1943)
• S. Yusufov (1943–1947)
• G. Yakubov (1947–1950)
• К. Ibragimov (1950–1953)
• А. Asrorov (1953–1956)
• K. Solehboev (1956–1957)
• Н. Bobojonov (1957–1960)
• М. Narzibekov (1960–1967)
• М. Naimov (1967–1969)
• K. Mamadnazarov (1969–1976)
• К. Nazirov (1976–1982)
• Н. Shorahmonov (1982–1986)
• М. Ikromov (1986–1992)

The post of Mayor was also preceded in the Tajik SSR by the First Secretary of the Dushanbe City Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, serving as an influential post in Dushanbe. The last Soviet-party leader was Jamshed Karimov, who served from 1989 to 1991.^[1]

List of mayors since 1992

• Mirzotemur Mirzoev (1992)
• Jamoliddin Mansurov (1992–1994)
• Yuri Ponosov (1994–1996)
• Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev (1996–2017)^[2]
• Rustam Emomali (2017–Present)^[3]

References

1. Babak, Vladimir; Vaisman, Demian; Wasserman, Aryeh (2004-11-23). Political Organization in Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Sources and Documents. ISBN 9781135776817.
2. "Analysis: Dushanbe's Ex-Mayor One Of The Last Of Civil War Era". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
3. Diplomat, Catherine Putz, The. "Thanks Dad! Tajik President's Son Gets A New Job". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2017-09-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)