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Rafiq Nishonov

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Rafiq Nishonov
Рафик Нишанов
12th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbek SSR
In office
12 January 1989 – 24 June 1989
Preceded byInomjon Usmonxo‘jayev
Succeeded byIslam Karimov
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR
In office
9 December 1986 – 9 April 1988
Preceded byAkil Salimov
Succeeded byPulat Khabibullaev
Personal details
Born (1926-01-14) 14 January 1926 (age 98)
Gazalkent, Soviet Union
(now Uzbekistan)
Political partyCommunist Party (1954–1989)

Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov (Cyrillic Template:Lang-uz; Template:Lang-ru Rafik Nishanovich Nishanov) (born 14 January 1926) served as the twelfth First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.[1]

Nishonov held this position for 5 months and 12 days from 12 January to 24 June 1989. His replacement was Islam Karimov.[2] Prior to that, he also served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR between 1986 and 1988. He was also Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1989 to 1991.[3]

In 1970-78 he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sergei Lavrov, who has since 2004 served as the Foreign Minister of Russia, served as his Sinhala interpreter.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dagikhudo Dagiev (30 October 2013). Regime Transition in Central Asia: Stateness, Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-134-60069-4.
  2. ^ Eric McGlinchey (30 September 2011). Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8229-7747-6.
  3. ^ "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК". September 28, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28.
  4. ^ Илья Канавин. Искушенный политик, вести недели, 16.01.2011 [1]
Party political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR
1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities
June 6, 1989 – September 5, 1991
Succeeded by
Anuarbek Alimzhanov