Rahmon Nabiyev 449543 219481976 2008-06-15T13:02:34Z 84.109.46.156 {{Unreferenced|date=December 2006}} '''Rahmon Nabiyev''' ({{lang-tg|Раҳмон Набиев}}; alternative spelling '''Rakhmon Nabiev'''; [[October 5]], [[1930]] – [[April 11]], [[1993]]) served as the [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan]] and twice as the [[President of Tajikistan]]. He partly instigated [[Civil war in Tajikistan|the civil war]]. Rising out of the regional [[nomenklatura]], Nabiyev ascended to power in 1982 as [[First Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Tajikistan]]. In 1985 he was ousted in a [[Political corruption|corruption]] [[scandal]]. After Tajik leaders declared the independence of the [[Republic of Tajikistan]] in September 1991, Nabiyev orchestrated his way back into power on [[September 23]], only to step down on [[October 6]] as pressure mounted for him to vacate the office during the campaign for the presidential elections. Nabiyev won the elections and on [[December 2]] [[1991]] he became the first elected President of Tajikistan. Disputes concerning the election led to demonstrations by the opposition, becoming an all-civil war in May 1992. As fighting escalated, Nabiyev's own pro-government [[militia]]s staged a [[coup d'état]] in September 1992. He resigned office from the safety of his home province of [[Leninabad]]. By December 1992 the [[Kulyab]] province's former [[apparatchik]] turned [[paramilitary]]-leader, [[Emomali Rahmonov]], was in power. Rahmon Nabiev died on April 11, officially of a heart attack. Under another version, he shot himself. ==See also== *[[List of Presidents of Tajikistan]] *[[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan]] {{start box}}{{succession box|title=[[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan]]|before=[[Jabor Rasulov]]|after=[[Qahhor Mahkamov]]|years=1982-1985}}{{end box}} {{start box}}{{succession box|title=[[President of Tajikistan]] - First Term|before=[[Kadriddin Aslonov]]|after=[[Akbarsho Iskandrov]]|years=[[1991-09-23]] - [[1991-10-06]]}}{{end box}} {{start box}} {{succession box|title=[[President of Tajikistan]] - Second Term|before=[[Akbarsho Iskandrov]]|after=[[Akbarsho Iskandrov]]|years=[[1991-12-02]] - [[1992-09-07]]}} {{end box}} {{TajikPresidents}} {{TajikPMs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nabiyev, Rahmon}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Tajikistan]] [[Category:First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Tajikistan]] [[Category:Heads of state of Tajikistan]] [[Category:Politicians who committed suicide]] {{Tajikistan-politician-stub}} [[de:Rahmon Nabijew]] [[ko:라흐몬 나비예프]] [[nl:Rahmon Nabiyev]] [[ja:ラフモン・ナビエフ]] [[ru:Набиев, Рахмон Набиевич]] [[sv:Rahmon Nabijev]]